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Barr wants to investigate origins of agencies 'spying' on Trump campaign
16 April, 2019, 10:41 | Author: Sherman Richardson
Barr, appearing before a Senate panel hearing, declared Wednesday he believes "spying did occur" on Trump's campaign, suggesting the origins of the Russian Federation probe might have been mishandled.
Although a judge signed the warrant for the surveillance after Page left the campaign, it was controversial because the spying was said to have been based on information provided by Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence agent, whose work was paid for by the Democrats.
Barr said he hasn't specifically studied the States Act himself, but the Justice Department is reviewing the legislation.
The investigation cleared him and his aides of collusion, making no determination on whether they had tried to obstruct justice.
'This was an attempted coup. "And we beat them, we beat them", BBC News quoted Donald Trump as saying.
"So the Mueller report, when they talk about obstruction we fight back". Barr responded by asking the congressman: "Do you think it's likely that we are gong to prevail?" "Because I knew how illegal this whole thing was, it was a scam". It was a scam. "Perpetuating conspiracy theories is beneath the office of the Attorney General".
"He's doing a great job, getting started on going back to the origins of exactly where this all started". He said that the letter may have been read to them, but they did not get a hard copy of it.
In a message to his fans, Bieber explained that he has to focus on his health before he can make his musical comeback. The interaction surely got fans' attention as one said, "I smell jealousy here".
"What is incredible here about Attorney General Barr is really his by the book manner, his ability to cut through the Democratic games, and also the willingness to get to the bottom of exactly how this Russian Federation probe came about and whether or not there was foul play here", he said on FOX Business' "Making Money with Charles Payne" Wednesday.
Barr told Congress on Tuesday that he is "reviewing the conduct of the investigation and trying to get my arms around all the aspects of the counterintelligence investigation that was conducted during the summer of 2016".
I assume that when Barr spoke of exploring whether the spying on the Trump campaign was "adequately predicated", he was referring at least in part to the reasons presented to the FISA court for authorizing electronic surveillance of Page. "But the question is whether it was predicated, adequately predicated", Barr said.
Barr said he doesn't have any specific evidence that the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other US intelligence agencies did anything wrong, but he does have concerns about how all of this went down. "I want to make sure there was no unauthorized surveillance".
Shaheen then questioned Barr if he believed the bureau spied on members of the Trump campaign.
President Trump and his conservative allies have repeatedly suggested the Obama administration planted a mole in his presidential campaign to undercut his candidacy.
Trump criticized the waste of almost $30 million that "haters" of his presidency spent on the investigation but noted that it still came up empty.
How BTS Became the K-Pop Band That Took Over the World
The music video, which features Halsey , has since received over 100 million views on the video platform. However, it has now been surpassed by the Bangtan boys with a massively huge margin.
Canada man disguised as delivery person shot woman with crossbow
Police believe the crossbow that was used was similar to one they presented at Monday's press conference (pictured). She was hit in the chest and suffered life-threatening injuries, but survived.
About 1 out of every 1,000 children who gets measles will develop encephalitis or swelling of the brain, according to the CDC . Most of the cases have been in NY , site of an outbreak among ultra-Orthodox Jews that started in the fall.
The episode topped the 16.1 million who saw the seventh-season premiere and the 16.9 million who watched that season's finale. If the show's final season can manage to top that, then " Game of Thrones " really will be going out on a high.
Sacramento had its most wins since going 44-38 in 2005-06 during coach Rick Adelman's final season. The other coach who is reportedly in the mix is former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue.
Wilson will report to Seahawks even without new deal
If the Seahawks can't lock up Wilson to a new deal, the franchise likely will use the franchise tag on the quarterback. Rodgers is back atop the quarterback pay scale after signing an extension past year that averages $33.5 million.
Mobile might start selling the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a
Further evidence that this announcement might pertain to the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL comes from 9to5Google's Stephen Hall. Furthermore, it's also said that the unannounced Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL are also going to be heading to the Un-Carrier.
Trump bucked decades of presidential tradition by declining to show voters his tax filings, both as a candidate and as president. But history would appear to be against him: Minnesota has not voted for a Republican for president since Richard Nixon in 1972.
Dog found swimming 136 miles from shore
They used a rope to pull the shivering dog to safety, Payalaw said, adding that the rescue mission took about 15 minutes. We looked for a way to help her and in the end, chose to use the rope to tie around her body to lift her up.
Chhetri said the plane skidded off the runway, hitting a helicopter belonging to Manang Air. It is particularly busy in April as the spring mountain climbing season begins.
He also spoke about building office products for the cloud-connected era, combined with advancements in 5G and AI. He shared an image on Twitter which consist of the text written in Mandarin along with the launch date.
Former head of Volkswagen could face 10 years in prison
Ilhan Omar: Muslim lawmaker sees rise in death threats after Trump tweet
Overdose deaths decrease for 1st time in 3 decades
Healthy Bodies in Mental Health; How Internal Med Treats Depression
DRC detects 1st Ebola case in eastern city of Goma
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Matthew Komar
Matthew Komar (°1990, Matawan, United States) is an artist who mainly works with film. By using popular themes such as sexuality, family structure and violence, Komar touches various overlapping themes and strategies. Several reoccurring subject matter can be recognised, such as the relation with popular culture and media, working with repetition, provocation and the investigation of the process of expectations.
His films often refers to pop and mass culture. Using written and drawn symbols, a world where light-heartedness rules and where rules are undermined is created. By parodying mass media by exaggerating certain formal aspects inherent to our contemporary society, he makes works that can be seen as self-portraits. Sometimes they appear idiosyncratic and quirky, at other times, they seem typical by-products of American superabundance and marketing.
His works are saturated with obviousness, mental inertia, clichés and bad jokes. They question the coerciveness that is derived from the more profound meaning and the superficial aesthetic appearance of an image. By rejecting an objective truth and global cultural narratives, he creates with daily, recognizable elements, an unprecedented situation in which the viewer is confronted with the conditioning of his own perception and has to reconsider his biased position.
His work urge us to renegotiate film as being part of a reactive or – at times – autistic medium, commenting on oppressing themes in our contemporary society.
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Tutorial: AKVIS Charcoal
Charcoal Sketch
Gallery of Works
Print Images in AKVIS Charcoal
In the standalone version of AKVIS Charcoal you can print the image.
Press the button to open the Print options.
Print Options in AKVIS Charcoal
Adjust the parameters appearing in the Settings Panel:
Choose a printer from the list of available devices, set the desired resolution, as well as the number of copies to print.
In the Orientation group, set the position of paper: Portrait (vertically) or Landscape (horizontally).
Click the Page Setup button to open a dialog box to choose the size of the paper and its orientation, as well as the print margins.
Press the Reset Margins button to return the page margins to the default size.
Change the size of the printed image adjusting the parameters Scale, Width, Height and Fit to Page. These parameters have no effect on the image itself, just on the print version. You can change the size of the printed image by entering any value in %, or by entering new values in Width and Height.
To adjust the size of the image to the paper size, select Fit to Page.
Move the image on the page with the mouse or align it using the arrow buttons.
You can activate Frame for the image and adjust its width and color.
Choose the Background Color by clicking on the color plate.
In the Page tab, you can adjust printing of the multiple copies of the image on a single sheet.
Copies per Page. It lets you specify the number of copies of the image on one page.
Horizontally and Vertically. These parameters indicate the number of rows and columns for the copies of the image on the page.
Spacing. The parameter sets the margins between the copies of the image.
In the Poster tab, it's possible to customize printing of the image on multiple pages for the subsequent junction into a large picture.
Pages. If the check-box is enabled, you can specify the maximum number of the pages in which the image will be divided. The image scale will be adjusted to fit this number of the sheets. If the check-box is disabled, the program will automatically select the optimal number of the pages in accordance with the actual size of the image (scale = 100%).
Glue Margins. If the check-box is enabled, you can adjust the width of the padding for bonding sheets. Margins will be added to the right and to the bottom of each part.
Lines of Cut. Activate the check-box to display the cut marks in the margins.
Show Numbers. With the enabled check-box, a sequence number of each part, by a column and a row, will be printed in the margins.
To print the image with the chosen parameters, press the Print button.
To cancel and close the printing options click on Cancel.
Click the Properties... button to open a system dialog box that enables you to access the advanced settings and send the document to print.
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This is a Roleplaying Site » Teen+ » Roleplay » One on One and Private » One on One » Jovec and Pierrot's One on Ones » Calling Death: Rose
Calling Death: Rose
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51 Re: Calling Death: Rose on Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:59 pm
♙ K i n s e y & K r o n o s
"Probably asleep in a tree outside or something. Who knows with him?" said Kronos. "Though you can teleport, he can travel at the speed of light, it'll be a true game of cat and mouse."
"Pfft. He can't catch me." Pearle said, although he was preeetty sure that Disparity could.
"Go challenge him then. He needs the exercise."
"Ho? You're saying he's fat and out of shape?"
"No, I'm saying he's a skinny, lazy bum who needs to do something."
"Aww." He folded his arms. "I liked the idea of him being fat."
"That man will never get fat, his metabolism is insane."
"Challenge accepted."
"Then off with you," said Kronos. "Your sister is making me do laundry today."
"Okay~! See ya, Pops!" He then started off to find Disparity. Aoi giggled. "Sounds like he's in love with this Elaina and yet denying it."
Kronos left.
"I didn't follow any of that," said Kinsey with a sigh.
♙ D i s p a r i t y
Disparity was eating chocolate-covered cherries in the garden.
Aoi giggled. "That's fine, sorry you had to be confused. You'll understand in time."
"Old man!" Pearle said, approaching once he found him.
63 Re: Calling Death: Rose on Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:26 pm
♙ K i n s e y
"So.. He was their father?" she asked.
"Hey! If it isn't the snot-nosed brat!" he replied in greeting.
"The man that's doing the laundry? He is the triplets' father. And the triplets are step-brothers to the woman that lives here. She looks just like that guy. They share the same father but different mothers. I'm unsure about the woman's mother but my husband did tell me that his mother was a queen. Sorry if it sounds confusing, I've only married into this family recently."
"Ha! Your insults don't affect me!" He noticed the cherry. "Hey, if you continue eating things like that you'll get diabetes, Mr. I'm-Ancient."
"It's quite alright. Though if they share a parent, they are half-siblings," said Kinsey with a smile. "Who else lives here?"
"It's got fruit," he said, humming. He offered them to Pearle.
66 Re: Calling Death: Rose on Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:06 am
"Oh, right, half." she said, laughing. "Then there's Disparity, who's been here far longer than I have. He helped raise the triplets I think so they've grown accustomed to calling him 'uncle'. Then there's Sininen, Aureliana's brother. Aureliana and Sininen are half dragon and half angel I think. Or have a little bit of human...? Whatever but their father was a full dragon." She hummed, "Yui used to live here too, but after her divorce with Platinume she left with Mei Long and is raising her own child with him now." She had a finger up for every person she named that either lived or used to live in the house. "Elaina comes and visits every once in a while, same with the Council bastards... Ah! Alec! I heard there used to be a guy named Alec here but he ended up disappearing. Same with Cornelius. Both are full dragons. Platinume lives here along with his daughter. Aaaand I think that's about it." She hummed then she concluded her train of thought after keeping track of who lived there and used to live there. "So basically, Platinume, Delilah, Disparity, Kronos, Aureliana, her mother and brother live here. Sorry, I had to keep track of all of that so I won't say the wrong names."
Pearle took some, "So where'dja get these?" he asked, "A new boyfriend or something?"
"It's quite alright," said Kinsey with a laugh. "So, you and your husband don't live here?"
"I wish," Disparity said. "But, nah. I got them at this really cool chocolate shop."
68 Re: Calling Death: Rose on Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:05 am
"Oh no. We live by the elementary school nearby. My husband is a teacher there."
"Have you ever found that Alec guy?"
"Oh, I see. How often do you two come by?"
"...No," he said, a slight pain in his eyes. "Not yet... I think it's about time I give up.."
"Very often actually." she said.
"Do you think he's...dead? He is a dragon after all, and you know how much humans hate dragons..."
"That's good. I'm glad to see someone so close to their family."
"Could be...," he said grimly. "I don't know."
Aoi smiled, "Were you close to family?"
"I say don't stop searching until you find his whereabouts." Pearle said. "If Elaina went missing I wouldn't have stopped until I know that she's okay. Wouldn't you do that for Alec if you loved him enough?"
"Until I moved to the city, yes."
"No," said Disparity. "Though if this Elaina goes missing, you should check your father's room first. Especially if she's attractive and/or has sex appeal."
"Oh? You lived elsewhere? Where'd you used to live?" she asked.
Pearle bit the bottom of his lip to prevent the thought of Elaina being in his father's room. "How come Pops taking her has to be mentioned every time I mention Elaina? And what about Dyemond's wife? She has sex appeal and is attractive. And what about Platinume's ex? Nothing happened to her! So why Elaina? Maybe I just want her mine and only mine! It's not like I'm ready to marry her yet or anything but hearing that just makes me want to push the relationship further just so that she's secure to be my woman!" He huffed, folding his arms and looking to the side, red from either jealousy or anger.
"Out in a forest in a small wooden cabin."
"You know your father and I only taunt you. I do it because it's my hobby. Your father does it because he doesn't want you to end up like Platinume."
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2018 Season Program
Volleyball Season Preview: Amherst Returns Talent, Depth for 2017
SEASON OUTLOOK
Capturing the program's fourth consecutive No. 3 seed and returning to the NESCAC Championship for the 18th-straight season last fall, the 2017 Amherst College volleyball team starts its bid to build on the accomplishments of last season and return to the league finals for the first time since 2008 on Wednesday, Sept. 6 with a 7 p.m. non-conference match at Springfield.
Led by head coach Sue Everden, the Mammoths remain positioned for a successful year on the court, boasting a squad that features 11 returners (four seniors, two juniors, five sophomores) from last year's team that finished with a 17-9 overall ledger and a 7-3 mark in NESCAC play.
MEET THE PLAYERS
Welcoming back an abundance of skill at outside hitter, Lauren Reppert '19 and Emily Kolsky '20 take to the floor after appearing in all 26 matches for Amherst last season. With 143.5 total points, Kolsky was one of the Mammoths top point-getters and added 125 kills and 344 attacks, while Reppert cataloged 94 kills, 314 attacks and 44 blocks.
Headlining the setter position are Charlotte Duran '20 and Adelaide Shunk '20, with both student-athletes poised to run the floor for the Mammoths. Duran enjoyed a productive debut season, tallying 152 digs and a team-high 429 assists, while Shunk recorded a 2.09 assists per set average.
At the net, Marialexa Natsis '18, Annika Reczek '18 and Claire Dennis '20 are primed to be difference makers. Natsis was stellar for Amherst in her junior campaign, leading the squad in total blocks with 77 and notching 251.0 total points. With 197 kills and 511 attacks in 2016, the Los Angeles, Calif. native leads all returners in both categories, while Reczek and Dennis look to build on their 70 blocks (T-7 NESACAC) and 38 kills, respectively, from a year ago.
Led by Hayes Honea '19, the Mammoths return depth and experience to the transition game. More than doubling her dig total from her rookie season, Honea amassed 492 digs last fall (5.86 d/s) to lead Amherst and rank third overall in the NESCAC in addition to posting 49 assists and a team-high 24 services aces.
Asha Walker '18 also looks to build on a solid 2016, with Walker returning to the court after tying for second on the team in service aces with 22 and registering a noteworthy 167 digs last season. Kate Antion '18 and Candace Chung '20 round out the Mammoths' veteran defensive specialists, with the duo expected to make significant contributions in the backcourt.
Amherst begins 2017 with five away matches, first traveling to Springfield on Wednesday, Sept. 6 for its season opener beginning at 7 p.m. The Mammoths then square off against Western New England (9/8) before taking on Emerson and Colby in a double-header on Sept. 9 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively. Following a midweek non-conference matchup against Endicott (9/ 13), Amherst returns to the Pioneer Valley and welcomes Middlebury to LeFrak Gymnasium on Sept. 15 for its lone home contest of September starting at 8 p.m.
The Mammoths close out the first month of the season with nine road matches, battling Saint Joseph's and Regis (9/16) in Weston, Mass. before traveling to Westfield State (9/19) and Trinity (9/22). A non-league tri-match with Husson and host Colby-Sawyer is slated for Sept. 23 and is followed by a NESCAC bout against Connecticut College on Sept. 29. Amherst travels to Little III rival Wesleyan a day later, hitting the court against the Cardinals at 11 a.m. and non-league foe Stevens at 1 p.m.
October kicks off with back-to-back NESCAC opponents at home, as Tufts and Bowdoin take on the Mammoths on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6 and 7, respectively. Amherst then travels to Clark University (10/11), Hamilton (10/13) and archrival Williams (10/14) before closing out the regular season with five consecutive matches at LeFrak Gymnasium.
After hosting Wellesley on Oct.20, the Mammoths are set to play Coast Guard and WPI in their annual Hall of Fame Invitational tournament on Saturday, Oct. 21. Amherst ends the regular season with two league matches, squaring off against Bates on Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. and Colby on Oct. 28 at 2 p.m.
Not yet a member of the Friends of Amherst Women's Volleyball for the 2017-18 year? Become a first-time member of or renew your membership in the FAA and support Coach Everden and the women's volleyball program. Make a gift ahead of the team's season opener at Springfield on Wednesday, September 6 beginning at 7 p.m. Go Mammoths!
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You are at:Home»Afghanistan»Rules of engagement again questioned on Capitol Hill
Rules of engagement again questioned on Capitol Hill
By Dan Lamothe on June 29, 2010 Afghanistan, Capitol Hill, Infantry
Cpl. James Kirkpatrick, of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, makes a long leap across a canal east of Marjah, Afghanistan while on patrol May 24. Kirkpatrick's squad was later attacked during that same patrol in a coordinated attack. (Thomas Brown/Staff)
Rep. Walter Jones is back at it.
The Republican congressman with Camp Lejeune, N.C., in his backyard has again picked up the drumbeat calling for a congressional review of the rules of engagement used by the U.S. military in Afghanistan.
In a letter released Friday, Jones again asked House Armed Services Committee Ike Skelton, D.-Mo., and ranking member Howard “Buck” McKeon, R.-Calif., to hold a “classified hearing” in which military leadership explains the rules under which rank-and-file troops conduct operations outside the wire. The letter is also signed by Reps. Jeff Miller, R.-Fla., and Doug Lamborn, R.-Colo.
“As you are fully aware, recent media reports have increasingly raised the issue of the current Rules of Engagement (ROE) and Tactical Directives in Afghanistan,” the letter said. “We feel it is imperative that the Full Committee hold a classified hearing on this issue as soon as possible in order for Members to better understand whether the current Rules of Engagement and Tactical Directives are the best policy for our servicemembers fighting bravely in Afghanistan.”
It isn’t the first time Jones has called for a review of ROE, the classified guidelines under which Marines, soldiers and other U.S. service members fight. As Marine Corps Times has covered ad nauseum, they’ve been criticized repeatedly in recent months, including in an October cover story in our magazine.
In previous interviews, House Armed Services Committee staffers have said an open hearing on ROE would not be possible due to the classified nature of the discussion. A classified briefing before the whole committee is unlikely unless more members call for it, a committee staff member speaking on background told me in October.
An interesting footnote to the whole discussion: Jones, Miller and Lamborn use comments in the recent blockbuster Rolling Stone article that led to the demise of Gen. Stanley McChrystal to bolster their argument. They point out that a Special Forces operator who spent years in Iraq and Afghanistan told Rolling Stone that “every real soldier will tell you the same thing” about the ROE — that it puts lives in danger.
Coming off my recent embed with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, in Marjah, it came as no surprise to me that Rolling Stone was able to find troops frustrated by the ROE defined by McChrystal. For example, Marines I went on patrol with in Afghanistan expressed dread over dealing with spotters, who observe Marines on patrol and drop back as they advance, only to disappear completely when nearby insurgents working in coordination with the spotters open fire.
Since the spotters carry no weapons, Marines say they are not allowed to fire on them, even though their involvement in a pending attack is obvious. As one corpsman said before we came under fire in May, it always starts with “one guy pointing.”
In a telephone interview, Jones told me this afternoon that he continues to hear ROE concerns from “moms and dads” in his district regularly, and believes the whole armed services committee needs to hear about the restrictions U.S. troops face.
“To me, it just sounds like a chaotic situation,” he said. “If we’re going to send them over there and keep them there, for God’s sakes, they need to be able to defend themselves.”
Johnny on June 30, 2010 8:33 am
I’m just a civilian but I think the ROE is nonsense it seems like until one of your soldiers are killed then you shoot back
joyc on July 2, 2010 9:54 am
ROE are prohibitive to the detriment of our troops lives; the troops who have put their lives on the line for what is suppose to be a worthy cause.
Duane on July 2, 2010 5:25 pm
In war ROE will get you killed or brought upon charges.
Our ROE should be the same as the person we are fighting,
it is the only way to win. If we are not there to win, then we should get the hell out of there. God Bless our Troops.
Barb on September 23, 2010 8:53 pm
These U.N. rules as complicit by our neutered military leadership including the current and past President, are KILLING and imprisoning our troops!!
We believe they are outrageously stupid, giving the upper hand to the enemy!
Who the heck created these? Desk jockey bureaucrats who have never seen combat!
The Leavenworth 10 are WRONGLY incarcerated because they chose to PROTECT AMERICAN LIVES than protecting the enemy!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/ROE-Rules-of-Engagement-US-Military/133982856628453?ref=ts
Sandra on September 23, 2010 8:58 pm
LISTEN UP CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT OBAMA!
Spotters are ENEMIES, not ‘civilians’ and should be dealt with accordingly!
Stephanie Gibson on September 23, 2010 10:01 pm
I think it is disgusting how the government does not support our troops. With the ROE they have, our president and the whole bunch in congress might as well be holding a gun at the heads of our troops themselves. Those of us who have children in Iraq and Afghanistan take this very personal. Send your children to war, and then tie their hands behind their backs.
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Use The “Archives” feature on the News & Events Page HERE to access all “Recent Events’.
The entries below are taken from BeCA’s Original “Website” page and are now ‘stored’ below for historical reasons.
Welcome To The New member Of The Family: (10/2/2010)
Visitors to Lake Bellvista have been delighted to see the Lake’s resident swan family has a new addition! This young addition has been spotted making itself at home under the careful eye of Mum and Dad! Some residents think there may have been more cygnets in this hatching but perhaps there were lost in the recent heavy downpour which may have caused the lake water level to rise and possibly wash some of this year’s brood away.
Sometimes nature can be very cruel!
Added Feb 12th: The two adult swans were swimming around without the young one this morning, we wonder what has happened and fear the worst.
Traffic Bankup At Unity College Pick-up Time: (2/2/2010)
These photos were taken at 3 pm on Tuesday February 2nd at the roundabout connecting Bellvista Blvd and Dumbarton Drive. The photo above left shows traffic banked up from the roundabout heading north towards Caloundra Rd. The other photo above right shows the view looking south across the roundabout back towards the school.
Current school enrolment is just over 900 students. Unity College has been designed to accommodate 1400 students.
What if ……..
You needed to get to an important appointment in Caloundra.
There was a serious medical emergency and an ambulance wanted to get the patient up Bellvista Blvd to hospital.
There was a fire and Bellvista residents had been advised to evacuate the estate.
The answer is, hope it doesn’t happen between 2:30 and 3:30 pm on a school day!
Back To School 2010 (26/1/2010)
Today is the day before school begins for some Unity College students and the welcome mat is out already.
New buildings are being finalized and all is ready to go.
This new Phys Ed assembly area was getting the final touches this morning when the photo (lower right) was taken.
You can access the Unity College website here to catch up with all the latest news.
A Sunshine Coast Regional Council Service Request was entered on Sunday to arrange for the removal of the dumped van beside the Rugby Fields belonging to Unity College. The abandoned vehicle has now been removed.
An online link to a Sunshine Coast Regional Council Service Request form can be found on the “Handy Links” tab or just click HERE.
Building Developments Continue On Our Estate. (20/1/2010)
Several Medium Density Developments on our estate are progressing well. The project pictured above left on the junction of Lomond Cres and Balmoral Blvd (near the old land Sales Office and the Lake) is well underway as can be seen in the photo. The other project (pictured above right) being built on land on the corner of Tanna St and Rawson St is also coming along quite well. A third development adjacent to the site of the new shopping complex has begun as well.
One of the BeCA Committee members reports she has heard a contract has recently been signed for an IGA Supermarket to be included in the Shopping Complex planned for the corner of Rawson St and Lomond Cres.
Happy New Year! (12/1/2010)
Though not on the Bellvista Estate, there is a lot of work on cleaning out “Duckponds” as seen in the photo lower left. Duckponds is across the road from the Tourist Information Centre in Caloundra Rd.
And there is certainly less bird life on the Bellvista Lake right now. This may be caused by the new notices asking people not to feed the birds. This should ensure our lake remains cleaner and healthier. The cygnets have now gone as well. The parents swans remain but the youngsters have been sent on their way to make a new life for themselves.
Paul Harrison (Convenor of the Landscaping Sub Committee) reports the majority of Council workers were due to report back to work on Monday January 11th. The heavily overgrown park in Shannon St was mowed recently and we expect other parks to be mowed as January continues. Rains over Christmas has meant the grass in parks has grown!
Paul is forwarding an update request to Council regarding the Telstra Pit Cover (See Below) which still hasn’t been replaced.
Sewerage Works Continue, (9/12/2009)
Sewerage works are continuing in the park at the end of Huntley Place and Lindesay Street. A tall gum tree has been removed when it was discovered it was badly infested with termites. Workmen worked over night to extend the works across Bellvista Blvd. Now the work is extending on the eastern side of Bellvista Blvd. Restoration works for the park will be completed shortly.
Creek Cleanup (7/12/2009)
This photo was taken from the bridge in Huntley Place near the roundabout intersection with Dumbarton Drive. The creek behind the Medium Density Site in Lindsey St has now been cleared. Several snakes have been seen in the Medium Density Site recently and this tidying up of the creek should keep those unwanted visitors away and residents safer.
Bellvi sta Lake Tidy Up (3/12/2009)
This hefty looking machine recently was put to work in clearing some unwanted growth from the lower Bellvista Lake. A closer inspection of the top lake showed it was fine and that no clearing was required. BeCA spoke with an SCRC representative onsite who reported she was very happy with the condition of the lake.
She went on to say that it appears residents are taking note of the No Feeding signs now around the lake as the number of birds has not increased and birds no longer follow or swim up to people as they approach the water. She seemed extremely pleased with the community response on this issue.
Bellvista Retail Development (3/12/2009)
BeCA recently received information from the developer of the new Bellvista Retail Development on the corner of Lomond Cres and Rawson St, Mal Pratt and Associates. Power has now been connected to the site in anticipation that building is about to commence.
They have leased a pharmacy, family medical centre and bakery café at this stage and have an appointment booked to speak with a hairdresser early next week.
The developer wishes the Bellvista Community Association a wonderful Christmas and New Year and look forward to more contact with BeCA in 2010.
No Standing Signs
GriffinCres has been a popular dropping off and collecting point used by parents of students attending Unity College.
Some days this has caused some angst between property owners and parents collecting their children. The school has gone to great lengths to ensure appropriate points are used by parents to safely drop students off. The new Staff Car Park frees even more spaces for parents dropping off or collecting children within the school property.
After much discussion between SCRC and Griffen Cres land owners No Standing between 8am to 9 am and 2:30pm to 3:30pm signs have now been erected.
Tidying Up Commences
SCRC (Sunshine Coast regional Council) recently began its promised work on cleaning out the drain running between Huntley Place and Maroon Crt.
SCRC has been doing a lot if tidying up around our estate including the main roundabout at Bellvista Blvd and Dumbarton Drive. Line of sight view is much improved since the work was completed.
It is good to see the picnic table in the main park has been replaced too following vandal damage.
Unity College School Crossing Opened
The Unity College School Crossing volunteer parents went through their final ‘on the job’ training today Oct 13th. The ‘Children Crossing’ flags were out and the lollypop “Stop” sign was in action.
Volunteers were shown the procedures they were to follow to ensure children were able to safely cross Lomond Cres. This service will become even more appreciated by Bellvista parents when the new shopping complex is in operation further along Lomond Cres in mid 2010.
Thanks to all the volunteers, without you this valuable service would not be possible.
Recent Bellvista Community Events:
Nominations For BeCA Committee:
The following residents were elected at the AGM conducted at the Bellvista Estate Sales Office at 6:45 pm on Monday September 7th, 2009. A special welcome aboard to Paul Harrison.Many deep thanks to the two original members of BeCA who did not forward nomination forms. John Lehman is hopeful that his immediate family health concerns can be overcome and that he can return to BeCA involvement. Roger Tedmanson is currently touring Australia and it was not possible to contact him to ensure his nomination was received. BeCA wishes to express its deepest thanks to both retiring members for their contribution to BeCA.The Committee for 2009-10 is:President: Phil Williams Secretary: Tony Mohr Treasurer Kerry Baxter Committee: Matt Inglis Les Thomas Colin Murphy Bern Johnson Paul Harrison
Community and Aviation Industry Forum August 2009:
BeCa was invited to send a representative along to a forum of interested local organisations and stake holders at the local Council Offices to discuss plans for the future development of the Caloundra Airport. Minutes from the meeting are available from the links below. There are also links to a ‘presentation’ delivered at the forum as well as another link to the forum’s Terms Of Reference. Bern Johnson attended representing our Association. Right Click on the link below and select “Save Link”.Download the Minutes HEREDownload the Presentation HEREDownload the Terms of Reference HERE
Here are some excerpts from the Minutes:
Replacement Aerodrome StudyExpecting a report from the State Government within the next 6 weeks to address the replacement of the aerodrome. Seeking a commitment from the State Government to fund replacement. In response to Caloundra Transit Orientated Community (TOC), relocation of businesses and employees needs to be addressed as a matter of priority. Cr Grosskreutz raised the two proposed sites of Johnson Road and the SEQ Regional Plan industrial designated area in Donnybrook with potential environmental, employment and amenity issues. Peter Pallot agreed that there would be concerns with the impact on surrounding areas. Peter Bryant asked if a new site was announced tomorrow, what would the required timeline be? Peter Pallot advised that 3 years would be an optimistic timeline. 1 year for Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) & design, 1 year for infrastructure such as roads, sewerage, power, etc, and 1 year for the building of the airport, and would require State Government support. Peter Ryan asked if it was a certainty that the Caloundra Aerodrome would close before the replacement one was opened. Peter Pallot advised that there is a commitment from the State Government for the siting of the replacement of the aerodrome but no funding commitment. Cr Grosskreutz stated that to her knowledge discussions have been occurring since 1998 in relation to the Caloundra Aerodrome. Peter Bryant stated that the Caloundra City Ratepayers and Residents Association support Caloundra TOC but have concerns there will be no replacement of the Caloundra Aerodrome. Warren Wiley asked in the event that the Caloundra Aerodrome is not replaced, can the Caloundra Aerodrome businesses merge or relocated to the Sunshine Coast Airport? Peter Pallot stated that this option is constrained by land holding issues (i.e. hanger space). However, Sunshine Coast Airport was exploring options. Peter Bryant stated that Ken Stevenson’s (formerly editor of the Caloundra City News) opinion was that the majority of economic benefit to the Caloundra region is from the helicopter industry. Can the aerodrome be limited to helicopter usage only? Cr Grosskreutz advised that the current Caloundra TOC doesn’t allow this. If such a decision was made, CAMCOS would have to be revisited. Cheryl Tillman advised there would be proximity issues with the helicopters near such transit facilities.Round table discussion was encouraged to put forward any community issues that come to mind. Cr Grosskretuz stated there were only short terms issues such as residents and appear to have been resolved.Bern Johnson advised she has noticed a significant improvement in the number of complaints regarding noise over the last few months. Complaints are down by at least half. However, during a recent meeting at the Golden Beach Bowls Club she did notice the noise to be an issue at this location.Cheryl Tillman advised that they are the only helicopter operators at the Caloundra Aerodrome. However, other helicopter training organisations can fly within an approximate 3 hour radius of their own base. So noise issues can often be other operators flying near Caloundra Aerodrome but are not necessarily using or based at the aerodrome. Peter Pallot advised that a similar problem was occurring at the Sunshine Coast Airport where helicopter operators not based at the airport can still use the airport’s facilities. This was overcome by increasing charges for usage after 10:00pm. Cheryl Tillman advised that the Caloundra Aerodrome is often used for maintenance and the arrival and departure of these aircrafts can sometimes disturb surrounding neighbours. Bern Johnson thanked Peter Pallot and Cheryl Tillman for the information and advised she’ll update the BECA blog which isaccessed regularly by residents. Cr Grosskreutz stated that noise complaints over the last few months have significantly improved in her electorate. Danny Eatock advised Caloundra helipad construction is due to begin in the next 2 weeks. Peter Pallot advised that a website for the Caloundra Aerodrome is under construction and will be accessible via www.caloundraairport.com.au. It will be a sub-site of the Sunshine Coast Airport’s website (www.sunshinecoastairport.com.au) and will provide information such as:
Information of CACA Forum
Aerodrome businesses information
Fly Neighbourly Agreement
Warren Wiley asked what was the critical timing for a decision to be made for the replacement aerodrome? Peter Pallot advised there is a window of opportunity of approximately 18 months to plan and secure funding for the new aerodrome. Cheryl Tillman advised the Sunshine Coast Aviation Group (which she is President of and also involves Peter Pallot) are trying to make representations to the State Government for such a commitment. Peter Ryan put forward that the aerodrome doesn’t necessarily have to cease operating after 2014. Gary Castle advised that aerodrome businesses continuing under a ‘periodic’ or annual lease past 2014 is not ideal. Peter Ryan asked what would happen if the Council decided to leave the Caloundra Aerodrome where it is? Cr Grosskreutz advised that the State Government most likely wouldn’t be concerned. However, then the Caloundra TOC would need to be revisited.
Caloundra South Proposal
In August BeCa was invited to attend a briefing at the Caloundra Council Offices on the “Caloundra South” proposal.The meeting was attended by 6 people, 3 SCRC representatives, 2 from BeCA and one from Golden Beach Progress Association.Here is the link to the Sunshine Coast regional Council page on the Caloundra South Proposal:
http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/sitePage.cfm?code=caloundra-south&pv=1
Copies of the Caloundra South Position Paper and maps can be downloaded from the links below:
Caloundra South Position Paper [PDF 1.3MB]
Map 1.1 Structure Plan Area [PDF 1.4MB]
Map 1.2 Surrounding Land Uses [PDF 1.3MB]
Map 1.3(a) Significant Biophysical Constraints (Flooding) [PDF 1.6MB]
Map 1.3(b) Significant Biophysical Constraints (Ecologically Important Areas) [PDF 1.7MB]
Map 2.1 Caloundra South Preliminary Land Use Concept Map [PDF 1.3MB]
These maps (downloaded from the above links) show the area for development, the flood levels, the environmentally sensitive areas and the proposed development areas. There is also a lengthy ‘Fact Sheet” and a feedback form. During the briefing some time was spent going through the flood and environmental maps. Flood and environmental concerns means 40% of the proposed area is unsuitable for development.It will be completed by 2050.
The 2 pink areas just to the south of Bellvista (yellow arrow) are earmarked for development by Stockland for a further 500 dwellings in the near future. Throughout much of the development area (marked in pink), building heights can be between 8.5m and 13.5m.The state government has recently flagged another area to the south of this proposal for further future development. SCRC is opposed to this. It believes this current proposal satisfactorily meets the government’s requirement to house 50,000 residents by 2050.
cal_sthmap2_1.pdf (above) shows the plan for 2050. This development is planned to accommodate a further 50,000 people, the size of the previous Noosa Council area. Note its proximity to Industrial areas (seen more clearly on the downloadable maps). It is expected that the industrial areas and the shopping complexes will provide employment for 10,000 people.The new town centres are shown as blue circles. The town centre to the south of Bellvista (the smaller light blue circle) would be a shopping area similar in size to Currimundi Markets. The larger dark blue circle would be a major shopping centre. The blue line represents the proposed rail link. Two major roads will connect Nicklin Way (south of the proposed rail line) and the new road (Sunshine Coast Motorway) at the roundabout near Corbould Park race course.There will be a link road between Bellvista and the smaller shopping complex to the south. However this road is designed as a connection road, not a thoroughfare for traffic heading to Brisbane from the Sunshine Coast.We raised the concerns our community has of Bellvista Blvd and construction traffic when the two new areas are to be developed. Duplication was seen by us as a ‘must do’. SCRC informed us there will be a traffic count trigger point when this would happen. Our concern was resident safety prior to the trigger points being reached. The traffic problems created between the school traffic as well as construction vehicles using Bellvista Blvd between the hours of school arrival and dismissal times was mentioned.The SCRC mentioned that the roundabout (Bellvista Blvd and Caloundra Rd) would need to be reconfigured sometime as it was not working effectively.One of the SCRC representatives there was Ron Piper, a former Lensworth employee. When talking about the future of the Land Sales Office it was his impression that the building was to be handed over to the then Caloundra Council as a part of negotiations between Lensworth and the Council. He was quite surprised to hear it was still the subject of negotiation.Ron Piper will make a presentation of the Caloundra South Proposal at the BeCA AGM on Monday September 7th at the Land Sales Office commencing at 6:45pm.
BeCA Meeting With Mark McArdle:
In July 2009, BeCA Secretary Tony Mohr met with our local Member of Parliament Mark McArdle to discuss issues relevant to residents and landowners of the Bellvista Estate.
Tony’s report appears below:
Access to Bellvista (Bellvista Bvd.)
Mark agreed that access to Bellvista is restricted due to Bellvista Blvd. being only single road in and out. He also agreed that this is unlikely to change until Caloundra Downs was due for construction. Mark offered to write to Stocklands on our behalf and try to ascertain when this was likely to happen. He was going to suggest to Stocklands they address our AGM in September.
School crossing
Mark agreed that the crossing was essential and would raise the matter with Anna Grosskreutz at a meeting scheduled on July 2nd.
Retail Complex
Mark had no more news on this issue other then what is known now. He did say he was opposed to poker machines going into the Tavern and made that known on the Community impact statement. He agreed the retail complex must go ahead regardless of the outcome of the application for a licence by the tavern.
Mark stated that the airport was a complex issue and he would write to our Association with all the information he had at hand. He did state he would oppose any attempt to move the airport if the jobs at the airport were lost. I will publish the letter as soon as it arrives. We wait with interest.
Mark encouraged the formation of neighbourhood watch in the Bellvista area. His office will assist us where it can. They will produce the flyers we need to advertise the community meeting required to form the steering committee.
Stocklands sales office
Mark would raise the subject with Anna Grosskreutz at their meeting in July and do what he could to see the office is retained as a community asset.
I invited Mark to our AGM however he will be in Sydney at the time and will be unable to attend.
Tony Mohr
Secretary BeCA.
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Today we have news about a couple of games, but also some new features for the Wipus community.
As of today the Diablo 3 Real Money Auction House is almost fully functional. With the release of patch 1.0.3b it is now possible to sell dyes, gems, tomes, plans, designs and crafting materials for euro's.
Bioware announced the prevention of creating characters on certain origin servers. They also informed us of the fact that any remaining characters on those origin servers will be automatically transferred later this summer. This basically comes town to server merges, except they don't call it that.
League of Legends is a very popular game, except none of us could have imagined that it's the most played PC game in the world according to Xfire. In one year time more than 1.3 billion hours of gameplay were logged by Xfire, compare that to the "measly" 600 million by World of Warcraft. Even though this is not a 100% reliable measure it still is a significant accomplishment for Riot Games. On another note, today they also give us a sneak peak at a new champion called "Zyra". This is one thorny lady.
If you've registered for the Planetside 2 beta, you will be pleased to know that it will start within the next month. Unfortunately they will give priority to active planetside 1 players. Maybe some of us will get lucky though.
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Sarah Ferguson will attempt first world-record swim around perimeter of Easter Island
Sarah Ferguson will attempt first world-record swim around perimeter of Easter Island:
February 11, 2019 – MALIBU, Calif., U.S. – Plastic Oceans International and Breathe Conservation, two global nonprofit organizations dedicated to solving the plastic pollution problem, today announced Swim Against Plastic: Easter Island, a campaign to raise awareness about plastic pollution with a world-record swim, education and beach cleanups on Easter Island in March.
Sarah Ferguson, a former national swimmer for South Africa and founder of Breathe Conservation, will attempt to set a world record to become the first person ever to swim the entire perimeter of Easter Island. Her journey will cover more than 40 miles (65 kilometers) through cold water and dangerous currents, and the swim is estimated to take up to 24 hours to complete.
“This is a huge challenge, but my passion for ocean protection and rehabilitation is a strong driving force that fuels this dream,” said Sarah Ferguson, founder of Breathe Conservation. “It is our responsibility to protect the ocean, and I’m proud to partner with Plastic Oceans International on this campaign to fight the problem of plastic pollution.”
Located in the South Pacific Ocean between Chile and New Zealand, Easter Island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Chilean territory that is considered the most remote inhabited island on the planet. The waters surrounding the island contain one of the highest concentrations of microplastics in the world, most of which originates from sources thousands of miles away. In addition, 20 tons of trash is produced daily on the island, so waste management issues, especially related to the growing tourism industry, are prevalent.
Swim Against Plastic: Easter Island includes a series of beach cleanups to help restore Easter Island’s fragile environment. Plastic Oceans and Breathe Conservation are organizing the events with the island’s local communities and nonprofit organizations, encouraging all residents to participate.
“The planet needs leaders to draw attention to the serious global plastic pollution problem worldwide—threatening the ocean, our food sources and the environment—to understand the dangers of and change how we think about and use plastic,” said Julie Andersen, Global Executive Director, Plastic Oceans International. “By showing the world that our most valued and remote locations are not immune to plastic pollution, our goal is to inspire people to find solutions and eliminate use of single-use plastics that attribute to the problem.”
Plastic Oceans and local residents will conduct a series of programs to determine the specific causes contributing to plastic pollution on Easter Island. Once the roots of pollution are targeted, they will work jointly to find solutions. Results and ways to prevent plastic pollution will be shared throughout local communities, with students and schools, charitable organizations, government officials and businesses.
Anyone can join Swim Against Plastic: Easter Island to get informed, inspired and make changes to solve plastic pollution. Follow the progress of Sarah Ferguson’s world record-breaking swim using #SwimAgainstPlastic. Campaign information is available online at SwimAgainstPlastic.com.
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Mel Tellis: a little less talk and a lot more singing is in order
Lancaster Performing Arts Center, Lancaster, Cal., Aug. 15, 2004
By Dan MacIntosh
LANCASTER, CA - No doubt about it, Mel Tillis is a talented performer. He just turned 72 this month, in fact. Yet, he's trim and still has a strong voice. But in concert, Tillis wavers uncomfortably between being a singer and acting the silly, stuttering comedian.
And while many of Tillis' seemingly endless stories about his formative years growing up in Florida were good fun, a more musically centered show would have been far more satisfying.
In addition to his rich singing voice, Tillis is also an underrated songwriter. But since he focused so much attention on telling this audience about his various boyhood friends and one particularly lewd Baptist church experience, he never got around to singing standouts like "Detroit City" or "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town."
He did, however, treat the crowd to "I Ain't Never" and "Heart Over Mind." But by leaving out so many lyrical treasures, the joke was squarely on us.
Musically, Tillis was able to work in a little swing here and a touch of bluegrass there, with the help of his talented Statesiders band. At 13 members strong, this touring unit includes double fiddles, three backing singers and two keyboardists at various points. Tillis played for just over two hours, sometimes accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, but also took 'let's feature members of the band' breaks after every five songs or so. One wonders if Tillis stayed just a little too long (around 13 years) at his Branson, Mo. dinner theater, but not nearly long enough time traversing the meatier stages of America's honky-tonks over the years. This crowd, comprised of mainly senior citizens, seemed to be there solely because of Tillis' celebrity marquee value, rather than out of appreciation for his musical talent. He put on an entertaining show, it's true, but it was a night that left one hungering far something more substantial.
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Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati was a Social reformer and the founder of Arya Samaj. He resolved to uplift the Indian society from the throes of ignorance, illiteracy, injustice. He openly stood up against all the social evils – discrimination on grounds of caste, need, sex, economic status and social bigotry, male chauvinism and religious dominance of higher castes over the backward castes and classes. He fought for the rights of women and opened Kanya Vidyalayas to empower and enlighten them. Thinking on the rich legacy of Swamiji DAVCMC has been supporting and promoting the activities for social upliftment through establishment of socio-cultural & institutions.
These institutions are
Arya Yuvk Samaj
Arya Pradeshik Pratinidhi Sabha
In order to inculcate Vedic values in the learners who are enrolled in DAV Institutions, DAVCMC has undertaken the following initiatives.
Dharam Shiksha
Competitive examinations in Dharam Shiksha
Dharam Shiksha Examination for Schools
Sanskrit Examination for schools
Dharam Shiksha Examination for Colleges.
Chiritra Nirman Shivirs and Jan Chetna Yatras
Social Upliftment Programme
i. For the upliftment of the North-Eastern India
ii. For the underprivileged of the Society
iii. Adult literacy drive and Vocational Training.
Social Concerns:
DAV caters to the needs of urban as well as rural students together with adivasi and tribal children. In tune with the National Literacy Mission , DAV Organization has carried education to the doorsteps of the needy and the under-privileged. Even the remotest areas of India have been provided with basic life skills.
DAV is involved in social welfare schemes, education for the weaker sections and for students from tribal areas, comprehensive plans for the upliftment of tribal people in North East Regions, programmes for the disadvantaged sections of the society and for the mentally challenged children of society.
True to DAV Values, schools have been catering specially to the under-privileged. The DAV Public Schools have provided fee concessions, free text books, free uniforms, free transport, mid- day meals and have also provided non- formal education for the needy.
DAV institutions are conscious about education of girls. Providing job opportunities to women is also a priority. Free vocational training and literacy units are dedicated to hundreds of women of slum areas and gadgets like sewing machines are provided to them for their initial settlement.
Adult education centre and vocational training centres have been set up for financially disabled women and girls. There is a scheme to provide basic literacy and free vocational training in tailoring and embroidery to women and girls living in jhuggi clusters. Mass marriages of poor girls is arranged-. About 1000 girls have been settled through mass marriages. Each couple is given a few articles worth Rs. 20,000/- to set up their homes. An adult education centre has been set up and vocational training is given to financially disabled women and inmates of jails. To kindle social consciousness in students, awareness campaigns are organised against the evils of female foeticide, dowry system, AIDS, child labour, deforestation, global warming to name a few.
Rural Upliftment
In DAV the Yuvas have been enthused to work for a 'Model Village'; - a village that has all the facilities like roads, electricity, water, education and health care unit. A pilot project has been taken up in Village Mando Kheri in District Jind (Haryana). Encouraged by this project, four similar projects have been taken up in Julani Village in District Jind, Fatehpur Village in District Kaithal, Assan and Untla villages in District Panipat. DAV has joined hands with Government of India in promoting Nirmal Gram Yojna.
The students shoulder the responsibility of disseminating literacy, cultivating hygienic habits organizing medical camps, arranging mobile library etc. for the benefit of the rural populace.. Every year thousands of DAV students go to villages and hold short term programmes, such as, adult education, vocational courses, medical check ups and training about health and hygiene.
Apart from this many rural friendly schemes have been undertaken such as provision of:
Medical facilities by setting up dispensaries
Provision of education to school drop out and girl child
Awareness about basic hygiene
Recently a scheme was launched in the district of Jind wherein ration, clothing and vocational training is being given to widows.
DAV Schools have been sensitive to the need of the people suffering from cancer, paralysis or requiring limbs of organ transplant. Help in the form of cash and kind is also extended to the victims of terrorism and fire accident.
DAV Schools have made collections for social organizations such as National Association of Blind, Spastic Society of India, Help-age, Tuberculosis Association of Bihar etc. to contribute to their good work.
Environmental issues like the reduction of pollution and sustenance of the environment have also been taken up by DAV institutions. Several projects like van-mahotsav, ''say no to poly-bags' campaign, 'say no to fire crackers' campaign, water-conservation and anti-pollution drives are regularly carried out by the DAV Schools in order to create awareness not only among the students but the whole community. The students from DAV institutions have carried out sanitation and cleanliness drives in the school neighbourhood also.
National Concerns
DAV has always been a pioneer for any National cause specially- in the hour moments of National Crisis. Whether it be the earthquake at Pauri or Gujarat, the Kargil war, the Orissa tragedy or the Tsunami catastrophe -the DAV has always risen to the occasion by donating generously in the form of cash, kind and voluntary service to alleviate suffering
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Book Review: Horizon Avenue
Book Review Horizon Avenue By Aaron Stern Reviewed by Christopher J Johnson The lyrical photobook, by which I mean those photobooks whose main content is something elucidated through sequence and not necessarily something immediate, is a difficult subject to address. Staples of the lyrically sequenced photobook are: A.) a lack of adroit, in-your-face single images that contain individualized meaning, B.) no or minimalized text, and C.) a progression of story, idea or thought presented through the sequence of the images.
Horizon Avenue. By Aaron Stern. 205-A, 2016.
Horizon Avenue
Reviewed by Christopher J Johnson
Horizon Avenue: San Francisco and other places
Photographs by Aaron Stern. Poetry by Aaron Stern and David Wagoner.
205-A, New York, USA, 2016. 66 pp., 39 four-color illustrations, 5½x8½".
The lyrical photobook, by which I mean those photobooks whose main content is something elucidated through sequence and not necessarily something immediate, is a difficult subject to address. Staples of the lyrically sequenced photobook are: A.) a lack of adroit, in-your-face single images that contain individualized meaning, B.) no or minimalized text, and C.) a progression of story, idea or thought presented through the sequence of the images. Outside of these three central ideas we see a wide range of subject matter and, of course, effectiveness of the methods used.
Now, all this being said, there haven’t been a whole lot of books like this that I have seen and it is essential to keep in mind that this does not pertain to documentary photobooks nor anthological collections, nor books like The Americans or Every Building On the Sunset Strip; those books are subject based while a lyrically based photobook is story based (see article C). However the photobook lends itself to this method of storytelling and as the photobook becomes more known and more utilized, lyrically sequenced photobooks are more numerous.
One artist who has taken up this exceedingly difficult (or perhaps it is just new, implying difficulty simply on account of its newness?) is Aaron Stern. Stern has presented a handful of books that focus on a lyrical sequencing to convey his story; his latest publication is no different in this regard. Horizon Avenue presents the story of a couple travelling to San Francisco, perhaps to move there, perhaps to just visit, but it is the story of a trip taken by a man and a woman and presented from the man’s point of view. Its minimal text, two poems and a fragmented sentence, amplifies this reality, grounds us in the idea of the trip.
Horizon Avenue feels like Hitchcock’s Vertigo or Polanski’s Chinatown without their plot, without the talk and background story, but very much with their West Coast setting. Which is to say, I think, that this book seems like a work of sheer cinematography. Why such books remind me so of movies might be grounded in the idea of images progressing in order to move a story forward and Horizon Avenue achieves this.
The greater part of Horizon Avenue is street views, beach views and views from a car, its secondary matter (or subplot) is the two people who undertook the trip. However the story sinks in slowly, and due to that slowness it arises in our experience more like a memory than a work of photographic art. The images lodge somewhere in the back of the brain and become inseparable from familiar images in similar territory. It ‘reads’ like the recollection of a trip undertaken by anyone.
So far every book that I’ve encountered that takes up this lyrically sequenced form does have one of two effects: that of a dream or that a memory; which is intriguing and brings a lot of credit to the idea of the power of images. Dreams and memories defy language; they arise from a place in us that precedes it and then, when we try to use language to define these things, they lose something or fall apart or are robbed of their essence. I don’t mean to move into the philosophic realm, but it is a difficult subject to relate in words and that difficulty only enhances the sense of the work’s influence.
Horizon Avenue is enormously successful because it transcends language, it arises from a realm more commonly associated with poetry than with prose and expresses something more fundamental than language can express, shared cultural experience. The work is exciting not solely in what it contains, but how it interacts with us and how it finds a place within us.—CHRISTOPHER J. JOHNSON
CHRISTOPHER J. JOHNSON lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico where is manager of photo-eye Bookstore. Aside from this he is a writer for the Meow Wolf art collective and book critic for The CFile Foundation. His first book of poetry, &luckier, will be released by the University of Colorado in November 2016.
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Raz Dewji
Diane Wang
Lesley Robson
Hilary Calvert
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-08-1223 Published December 2008
Purpose: One mechanism of tumor resistance to cytotoxic therapy is repair of damaged DNA. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-1 is a nuclear enzyme involved in base excision repair, one of the five major repair pathways. PARP inhibitors are emerging as a new class of agents that can potentiate chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The article reports safety, efficacy, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic results of the first-in-class trial of a PARP inhibitor, AG014699, combined with temozolomide in adults with advanced malignancy.
Experimental Design: Initially, patients with solid tumors received escalating doses of AG014699 with 100 mg/m2/d temozolomide × 5 every 28 days to establish the PARP inhibitory dose (PID). Subsequently, AG014699 dose was fixed at PID and temozolomide escalated to maximum tolerated dose or 200 mg/m2 in metastatic melanoma patients whose tumors were biopsied. AG014699 and temozolomide pharmacokinetics, PARP activity, DNA strand single-strand breaks, response, and toxicity were evaluated.
Results: Thirty-three patients were enrolled. PARP inhibition was seen at all doses; PID was 12 mg/m2 based on 74% to 97% inhibition of peripheral blood lymphocyte PARP activity. Recommended doses were 12 mg/m2 AG014699 and 200 mg/m2 temozolomide. Mean tumor PARP inhibition at 5 h was 92% (range, 46-97%). No toxicity attributable to AG014699 alone was observed. AG014699 showed linear pharmacokinetics with no interaction with temozolomide. All patients treated at PID showed increases in DNA single-strand breaks and encouraging evidence of activity was seen.
Conclusions: The combination of AG014699 and temozolomide is well tolerated, pharmacodynamic assessments showing proof of principle of the mode of action of this new class of agents.
PARP inhibitor
chemopotentiation
Translational Relevance
This phase I study has potentially wide implications within cancer medicine and also in the treatment of inflammatory and ischemic conditions. To the readership of Clinical Cancer Research, it is highly relevant as PARP inhibitors are emerging as novel chemopotentiating and radiopotentiating agents and also drugs that may have single-agent activity in DNA repair-defective familial cancers. This trial is the first-in-class dose-defining study of these agents using target inhibition as the primary endpoint. This hypothesis testing design has subsequently also been evaluated in the phase 0 setting with another agent in the class. Therefore, this article represents importance and interest both in view of being the first full description of biological evaluation and toxicity assessment of a new class of agents and in the development of a new paradigm for dose definition, this subject being the topic of a recent special issue of Clinical Cancer Research (volume 14, number 12, 2008).
Multiple pathways contribute to the repair of damaged DNA (1). Defects in these pathways are a cause of cancer susceptibility (2, 3), but, when intact, their activity is a factor in tumor resistance to widely used DNA-damaging cancer treatments (e.g., cytotoxic drugs and ionizing radiation; ref. 4). Several novel agents are being developed which target DNA repair in an attempt to improve cancer treatment (5), including agents that may exploit tumor DNA repair defects (e.g., BRCA1 and BRCA2) by inducing “synthetic lethality” (6, 7).
Base excision repair is a complex process that repairs DNA single-strand breaks caused by endogenous reactive species and anticancer agents (8). Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP) is a key enzyme in this pathway, binding to and being activated by the DNA break, effectively acting as a molecular nick sensor (9), and recruiting additional repair factors. Preclinical evidence has shown that inhibiting PARP potentiates cytotoxics, particularly alkylating agents and topoisomerase I inhibitors, and radiotherapy (10–12). Several PARP inhibitors are in preclinical and early clinical development (13, 14), current clinical investigation of these agents being focused in the area of cancer treatment.
AG014699 (Fig. 1 ), developed by a collaboration among Newcastle University, Cancer Research UK, and Agouron Pharmaceuticals (part of Pfizer GRD), is a prodrug of AG014447, a potent inhibitor of PARP, which has been shown in preclinical models to potentiate the cytotoxicity of temozolomide and irinotecan (15).
Structure of AG014699, phosphate salt of tricyclic indole PARP inhibitor, with Ki < 5 nmol/L.
Temozolomide is an orally bioavailable monofunctional DNA-alkylating agent licensed for the treatment of gliomas and frequently used off-label for malignant melanoma (16). The predominant DNA methylation products formed by temozolomide are N7-methylguanine (70%), N3-methyladenine (9%), and O6-methylguanine (5%). O6-methylation of guanine is the primary cytotoxic lesion causing mispairing with thymine during DNA replication (17); however, high levels of the repair protein O6-alkylguanine alkyltransferase and deficiency in the mismatch repair system can both confer resistance in tumors (18, 19). The N7-methylguanine and N3-methyladenine lesions formed by temozolomide do not normally contribute significantly to its cytotoxicity because they are rapidly repaired by base excision repair.
This study was designed primarily to explore (a) whether a PARP inhibitory dose (PID) of AG014699 was safe and tolerable and (b) the dose of temozolomide that could be given in combination with the PID of AG014699. A combination study was designed based on the preclinical potentiation data discussed above. At the time of design, there were no data suggesting efficacy for the single agent. The primary endpoint for (a) was a pharmacodynamic measure of target inhibition and for (b) was a conventional toxicity endpoint. A single dose of the novel agent was given before the first combination cycle to obtain pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data. Inhibition of the target enzyme was the primary endpoint of the study: translational research exploring proof of principle of mechanism of action using Comet assays for DNA damage levels and pharmacogenomic samples to explore potential difference in pharmacokinetics linked to polymorphisms of the CYP2D6 gene. Therefore, this trial is the first use of this class of agents in humans, being a pharmacodynamically driven phase I study establishing the PID of this compound and showing antitumor activity.
PARP has also been shown to play a significant role in reperfusion injury and the pathogenesis of diabetes and various neurologic conditions (20), and in other disease models, inhibition of PARP is protective against ischemic or inflammatory damage (21, 22). Therefore, the study reported in this article represents the first evaluation of a novel class of drugs with potential in the management of a wide range of human diseases including cancer, diabetes, inflammatory, and ischemic conditions.
Trial design and patient recruitment. The study was done in two parts in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (2000). The protocol was approved by a multicenter research ethics committee as well as by Cancer Research UK and by local site institutional review boards. All patients gave written informed consent before participation and undergoing any study-related procedures. Patients were recruited over an 18-month period between 2003 and 2005.
Inclusion criteria included histologic/cytologic proof of malignancy, WHO performance status 0 to 1, age ≥18 years, and adequate bone marrow, liver, and renal function. Patients were excluded if they had prior treatment with temozolomide, nitrosoureas, dacarbazine or mitomycin C, symptomatic brain metastases, primary brain tumors, other current malignancy at a second site, or other significant comorbidity.
AG014699 was given as a 30-min daily intravenous infusion followed by oral temozolomide for 5 consecutive days repeated every 4 weeks. Disease response was assessed according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors every two cycles (23). Toxicity was graded according to National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events version 3.0 (2006). Dose-limiting toxicity was defined as a drug-related event occurring in the first 4-week cycle of treatment as follows: neutropenia grade 4 lasting ≥5 days, fever associated (≥38.5°C) with grade ≥3 neutropenia, thrombocytopenia-platelets ≤25 × 109/L, anemia grade ≥3, grade 3 or 4 nonhematologic toxicity, and drug-related death. A standard three-patient cohort dose escalation design was used, but with two separate dose escalations, parts 1 and 2.
Part 1 was open to patients of all tumor types and aimed to establish the PID of AG014699 in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL). Patients received a single intravenous dose of AG014699 a week before starting combination therapy (day -7) to investigate the toxicity and pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile of AG014699 alone. The temozolomide dose was fixed at 100 mg/m2/d for this part of the study to allow for the possibility that PARP inhibition might increase the myelotoxicity of temozolomide. The PID was defined as maximal achievable (at least 50%) reduction in PARP activity 24 h after this first dose of AG014699 with no increase in the degree of PARP inhibition over the preceding AG014699 dose level.
Once the PID had been identified, patients received this dose of AG014699 and the dose of temozolomide was escalated until the maximum tolerated dose of the combination was established or the temozolomide dose reached a maximum of 200 mg/m2 (the standard single-agent dose for this schedule). In part 2 of the study, participation was confined to patients with chemonaive melanoma with tumor deposits that were amenable to pretreatment and post-treatment biopsy.
PARP activity assay. PARP enzyme inhibition was assessed in PBL at baseline, end of infusion, and 4 to 6 and 24 h after dosing on days -7, 1, and 4 of cycle 1 during part 1 of the study to establish the PID. An additional sample on day 8 (3 days after last dose of AG014699) was taken at the PID to explore the duration of inhibition. Paired tumor biopsies were obtained from all patients in part 2 of the study to examine target tissue PARP inhibition, biopsies being taken at baseline and 4 or 24 h after treatment with AG014699. All samples were analyzed using a previously validated and published activity assay (24) employing quantitative immunologic detection of PAR formation ex vivo.
AG014699 and temozolomide pharmacokinetics. Plasma samples for pharmacokinetic analysis were collected from all patients on day -7 and on days 1 and 4 of cycle 1 (combination treatment) pre-infusion, 15 min, end of infusion (T0), 15 min, 30 min and before temozolomide dose, 60 min, 2 h, 4 h, 6 h, 8 to 12 h, and 24 h post-infusion. Validated and published methods were used for the measurement of temozolomide plasma concentrations (17). Plasma samples were also analyzed for AG014447 concentrations (free base of AG014699) by high-performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry analysis. Temozolomide and AG014699 pharmacokinetics were characterized by noncompartmental methods using WinNonlin version 3.1.
Pharmacogenomic analysis for metabolic phenotype of CYP2D6. A single 5 mL blood sample was collected at baseline in EDTA and frozen immediately at -20°C for pharmacogenomic analysis. TaqMan allelic discrimination assays were developed and validated for six of these alleles (CYP2D6 *3, *4, *6, *7, *8, and *10).
DNA strand break assessment. The method used for the alkaline Comet assay was a modified version of that described originally by Olive et al. to detect DNA strand breaks (25). An increase in Comet tail size shows an increased percentage of fragmented more mobile DNA within the cell, indicating the degree of DNA strand breaks.
Slides were stained with SYBR Gold and the percentage DNA in the tail and Olive moment was determined using KOMET5 software (Kinetic Imaging). Fifty cells from two slides were counted for each sample and the mean percentage tail DNA and Olive Tail moment was calculated.
Data analysis and compilation. Regular teleconferences were held among the four investigating sites, Cancer Research UK (study sponsor) and Pfizer GRD during the study at to discuss patient safety and study status. All data listings were made available to the investigators for preparation of this article. The patient demographics, treatment summaries, toxicities listings, and response data were extracted from this verified data set by the lead author (R.P.), an investigator at one of the clinical sites. Pharmacodynamic assays were done at the principal investigator's research site. Pharmacokinetic analyses were done by a contract research organization (Quintiles). All analyses and raw data were made available to the lead author and chief investigator for review. The first draft of this article was written by the lead author and has been reviewed and approved by all other investigators.
Patient demographics and treatment. A total of 32 patients (21 males and 11 females; mean age, 52 years) were recruited and received at least one dose of AG014699: 17 patients in part 1 and 15 in part 2 of the study (Table 1 ). All patients were evaluable for toxicity. Twenty-nine patients received two cycles of treatment and were evaluable for tumor response. Dose levels and the number of cycles delivered are described in Table 2 .
Patient demographics
Dosing and toxicity summary
In part 1, the dose of AG014699 was escalated through five dose levels. No dose-limiting toxicity was observed and the PID was established as 12 mg/m2/d. In part 2 of the study, it proved possible to administer 200 mg/m2 (the licensed dose) of temozolomide with the PID of AG014699 without dose-limiting toxicity, so the trial had reached its primary objective. One further dose level, increasing the dose of AG014699 by 50% to 18 mg/m2/d in combination with 200 mg/m2/d temozolomide was explored to establish whether more profound tumor PARP inhibition could be achieved. In view of the toxicities described below at this dose, 12 mg/m2/d (the PID) AG014699 with 200 mg/m2/d temozolomide × 5 every 28 days is recommended for future studies.
Toxicity. No toxicity of any kind attributable to AG014699 alone was observed. The combination with temozolomide was well tolerated with no toxic deaths. Myelosuppression, the dose-limiting toxicity predicted by preclinical models, was observed at the maximum dose of AG014699 evaluated (18 mg/m2/d given with 200 mg/m2/d temozolomide): one patient suffered grade 4 thrombocytopenia and neutropenia, with grade 3 neutropenic fever, but the patient made a full recovery by day 29. Three other patients in the cohort had cycle 2 delayed by 1, 8, and 14 days, respectively, due to grade 3 neutropenia with slow recovery of the WBC count. These 3 patients continued on treatment with a dose reduction, receiving at least two further cycles without toxicity. Three patients with tumor responses on part 1 of the trial had the dose of AG014699 increased without subsequent toxicity.
Pharmacokinetics. The pharmacokinetics of AG014447 (the free base of AG014699) is detailed in Table 3 . The data are summarized giving mean values for the treated population (CV%). The drug showed linear pharmacokinetics with the Cmax at the end of the infusion and a mean terminal half-life of 9.5 (50.4) h. The mean volume of distribution was 212 (65.9) L, indicating extensive distribution into tissues, and the mean percentage of dose recovered over 24 h in the urine after a single dose was 11%, indicating that the kidneys were not the major elimination route. Further analysis showed that AUC0-24 h normalized for actual dose and AUC0-24 h normalized for mg/m2 dose did not correlate with body surface area and intersubject variability was equivalent (54% in both cases), suggesting that AG014699 can be given either as a fixed dose or based on surface area. There is no evidence that temozolomide has an effect on AG014447 pharmacokinetics either after a single dose or multiple doses.
Pharmacokinetic summary of AG014699
Temozolomide pharmacokinetics was similar to those reported previously, suggesting that they were not affected by the coadministration of AG014699 (data not shown).
AG014447 was detectable in all tumor biopsy homogenates (range, 5-110 ng/g tumor protein) in samples taken 5 h (24 h in 3 patients) after the administration of the drug. Concentrations varied up to 20-fold between patients treated at the same dose level and there was no apparent correlation with the degree of PARP inhibition.
Pharmacodynamics. PARP inhibition in PBL was seen at all AG014699 dose levels studied with profound inhibition (>90%) at the end of infusion. At the lower dose levels, there was recovery of enzyme activity over 24 h; however, at the doses above 8 mg/m2, no recovery was observed over the 24 h (Fig. 2A and B ), indicating that PARP was inhibited throughout the period temozolomide exposure induces DNA strand breaks (26). Analysis of PARP inhibition on cycle 1 day 8 in patients dosed with 12 mg/m2/d showed that enzyme activity had recovered in PBL to ∼50% of baseline 72 h after the last dose of AG014699.
Pharmacodynamic effects of AG014699. A to C, summary of PBL and tumor PARP inhibition measured using PARP activity immunoassay. A and B, representative plots from days -7, 1, and 4 of the first treatment cycle from patients treated with 2 mg/m2 (A) and 12 mg/m2 (B). C, summarized data from tumor biopsies taken 5 h after the first dose of AG014699 at the dose levels indicated. Data expressed as percentage activity compared with pretreatment biopsy in the same individual. D, DNA damage in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by cohort. Blood was sampled on day 4 of the first treatment cycle before (hatched), 4 h after (white), and 24 h after (black) temozolomide dosing. Mean of up to 6 patients.
Based on surrogate tissue enzyme inhibition, 12 mg/m2 was established as the PID for part 2 of the study. In part 2, paired tumor biopsies were taken in all patients and PARP inhibition of >50% was observed in all biopsies, and a trend toward AG014699 dose dependency was observed (Fig. 2C), small numbers making formal statistically comparison not feasible. Although two doses of AG014699 were investigated in part 2 (12 and 18 mg/m2), such profound and consistent inhibition was observed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. No correlation has been possible between the degree of inhibition in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and tumor.
Comet analysis in PBL showed evidence of DNA damage in all patients treated with AG014699 and temozolomide but not AG014699 alone. The duration of DNA damage was dependent on the dose of AG014699; at lower doses (1-8 mg/m2), tail size was smaller at 24 h than at 4 h on day 1 (mean decrease, 8%), indicating repair of some strand breaks, whereas at PID (12-18 mg/m2), Comet tail size was maintained or increased at the later time point (mean increase, 3%; P = 0.03). Additionally, there was evidence that DNA damage was retained during the treatment week with an increase, compared with baseline, in percentage DNA in the Comet tail before treatment on day 4, significantly more damage remaining at 12 mg/m2 than for lower doses (P = 0.002, t test; Fig. 2D).
Pharmacogenomics. The genotype of CYP2D6 was estimated in 26 of 32 patients. In 22 patients, the homozygous wild-type for both of the CYP2D6 alleles or a heterozygous genotype containing at least one wild-type allele was observed. In the remaining 4 patients (patients 3, 5, 11, and 25), mutations in the CYP2D6 G1846A allele, designated as CYP2D6 *4, were observed. These patients were homozygous for the *4, *4 genotype and were predicted to be associated with poor metabolism. Three of these 4 patients were in the group who benefited from the combination, receiving 8, 8, and 16 cycles, including 2 patients with melanoma who had confirmed partial and complete responses, respectively. The fourth patient with the 4* genotype died after his test dose of a disease-related acute complication (bronchial obstruction). However, pharmacokinetic analysis showed that the exposure measured by AUC0-24h was similar between patients with predicted extensive or poor metabolism.
Response. Clinical benefit was observed for several patients in parts 1 and 2 of the study. There was one documented complete response and one partial response in patients with metastatic melanoma (both patients had received no prior chemotherapy for melanoma) and a further partial response in a patient with a desmoid tumor (treated previously with extensive surgery and imatinib). Seven further patients had prolonged disease stabilization (≥6 months), 4 with melanoma and 1 each with prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, and leiomyosarcoma.
This study is the first to report the clinical and pharmacologic effects of PARP inhibition in humans, establishing a PID of AG014699 in a surrogate tissue (PBL) and confirming this inhibition in tumor deposits from melanoma. Dose definition in this phase I trial was established using a pharmacodynamic endpoint rather than more classic toxicity or pharmacokinetic variables. This endpoint of PARP inhibition was also used as the primary endpoint in the phase 0 study of ABT-888 done at the National Cancer Institute (27). The PID was established in combination with half-dose temozolomide due to safety concerns based on preclinical studies and previous experience of inhibiting DNA repair with MGMT inactivators, where enhancement of myelotoxicity and a significant reduction in the maximum tolerated dose of cytotoxic agents was reported with O6-benzylguanine (28, 29) and lomeguatrib (30). The dose-toxicity relationship for temozolomide is steep, 200 mg/m2/d being well tolerated but 225 mg/m2/d causing significant myelosuppression (31). It would appear that enhanced temozolomide induced myelosuppression observed in this study when patients were dosed with 200 mg/m2 temozolomide and 18 mg/m2 AG014699, with 1 patient developing pancytopenia and 3 patients having delayed recovery of neutropenia, an unusual toxicity with single-agent temozolomide (32). There was no correlation between toxicity and pharmacokinetic variables, and all patients dosed with 18 mg/m2 AG014699 showed similar peripheral blood mononuclear cells and tumor PARP inhibition patterns. This increase in toxicity is presumably due to persistence of unrepaired DNA strand breaks in bone marrow stem cells. However, the relative lack of toxicity observed in this study, and the ability to deliver an enzyme inhibitory dose of AG014699 in combination with full-dose temozolomide, is encouraging and in marked contrast to studies with MGMT inactivators (33–35). The complete absence of any symptomatic or laboratory toxicities as a result of PARP inhibition on its own is also encouraging for the future use of PARP inhibitors in indications when they are given as single agents.
There was no evidence of increased PARP inhibition between the dose levels of 12 and 18 mg/m2 AG014699 in the surrogate pharmacodynamic tissue (peripheral blood mononuclear cells), whereas a trend to dose-dependent increase in inhibition was observed in tumor biopsies. This highlights some of the difficulties in using an easily accessible but surrogate tissue to establish a pharmacodynamically defined dose of an intravenous agent. PARP is overexpressed in malignant tissues (36, 37), overexpression of a target being frequently used as a rationale for anticancer drug development. However, there is little preclinical data into its role within the tumor and it is not known to what degree PARP must be inhibited within the tumor to prevent base excision repair. In preclinical experiments, xenograft PARP inhibition of 50% was observed at the most efficacious dose of AG014699 combined with temozolomide, where cures were seen in animals bearing SW620 tumors (15). Thus, our PID threshold was set at ≥50% inhibition, but of necessity in the surrogate tissue, then confirmed in paired tumor biopsies.
The strategy for chemopotentiation studied in this trial relies on there being a selective advantage of inhibiting PARP in the tumor compared with normal tissue. There is evidence that tumors express high levels of several DNA repair proteins, including PARP (24), resulting in chemoresistance (38–40). The majority of the DNA adducts caused by temozolomide (N3-methyladenine and N7-methylguanine) are rapidly repaired by base excision repair (41). Inhibition of PARP during temozolomide exposure prevents the repair of the strand breaks that are formed after base excision, thereby triggering apoptosis. A phase II study of AG014699 with temozolomide in metastatic melanoma has completed recruitment and preliminary results do suggest encouraging response rates (17% partial response and a further 17% patients having stable disease for ≥6 months) and progression-free survival (42).
Although this study was designed to establish the safety of using AG014699 in combination with a cytotoxic agent, there are emerging preclinical data suggesting that targeting DNA repair may allow exploitation of tumor-specific DNA repair defects. Specifically, PARP inhibitors are highly and selectively toxic to cells deficient in homologous recombination repair, which includes cells lacking BRCA1 and BRCA2 major causes of familial breast and ovarian cancer (6, 7, 43). These exciting new data have widened the potential cancer applications of this emerging new class of agents. In addition, there is a wealth of preclinical data showing a protective effect of PARP inhibition in the face of massive DNA damage after an ischemic insult (21, 44, 45), and once the clinical safety of these agents is established, they are likely to find very wide therapeutic application (20, 46).
H. Steinfeldt, R. Dewji, and D. Wang are employed by Pfizer GRD. N. Curtin, H. Calvert, D. Newell, A. Boddy, and R. Plummer have received commercial research grants from Pfizer GRD. H. Calvert, D. Newell, N. Curtin, and R. Plummer (AG014699) have an ownership interest with intellectual property for compound series, jointly held between New Castle University and Cancer Research Technology.
We thank the patients, research nurses, and data coordinators involved in this study for the help and support and Prof. Alex Bürkle for the generous gift of the 10H PAR antibody used throughout the study for pharmacodynamic analysis.
Grant support: Cancer Research UK, Department of Health England, and Pfizer GRD.
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Note: R. Plummer and C. Jones contributed equally to this work.
Previously published in abstract form only and presented at the following major scientific meetings: American Society of Clinical Oncology 2005 (poster presentation) and National Cancer Institute/European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer/AACR Molecular Therapeutics Philadelphia Meeting 2005 (oral presentation). R. Plummer, M. Middleton, et al. First in human phase I trial of the PARP inhibitor AG-014699 with temozolomide (TMZ) in patients (pts) with advanced solid tumors. J Clin Oncol 2005;23:208S. R. Plummer, M. Middleton, et al. Final clinical, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic results of the phase I study of the novel poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, AG014699, in combination with temozolomide. Clin Cancer Res 2005;11:9099S.
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You'll laugh the hardest you've ever had, and you'll wonder why you hadn't seen it earlier. I won't go into great details about this film, basically because there aren't many worth mentioning. The label is credited with launching the careers of notable legends Afrika Bambaataa, Coolio, Queen Latifah, House of Pain, De La Soul, and Naughty By Nature. I was one of those maligners, I must admit. It's ugly to look at and boring as hell! Chris Farley was a great comic actor who had amazing potential - he will be sadly missed. The movies we have though, give us a glimpse of what could have been. He is given a job at this father's auto part company, even though he isn't very smart.
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I guess they can't, I guess they won't I guess they front; that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool! The scene where he sets the cars on fire, and later the deer scene, make for a pure laugh riot. There is not one moment of this film that I didn't like. His father, Big Tom Callahan, owns an auto parts factory in Ohio. Chris Farley plays Tommy Callaghanhe mega successful company 'Callaghan Auto Parts' has to go on the road to stop the company going under after Big Tom dies. This movie actually is quite good and well written. That's really all I have to say about this film.
I don't understand the low rating on this site. When Tommy arrives back home, he finds he has a position at the factory waiting for him. Years after his death, I still hold that to be true. But when Big Tom dies, the factory threatens to go under unless the new brake pads are to be sold. This produces a hilarious argument culminating in Spade smacking Farley in the head with a 2x4.
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Richard, a smart and sarcastic man, is reluctant to help Tommy. Chris Farley was hilarious in this film, him and Spade are magic together. And now there's Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo followed by sequel Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. Tommy, a hopeless 20 something who just graduated college returns to his hometown of Sandusky, Ohio. An old Carpenters song is playing on the radio and the two are emotionally singing along with it. There are plenty of great passages that I hear everyday from this movie.
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Spade really has some good one liner sarcasms that are gut splitting, and Farley has idiotic one liners the are hilarious. TommyBoyRecords Coolio HipHop TommyBoy GangstasParadise goldenera. There is no life here. There are almost no laughs. After Big Tom suddenly dies, Tommy and Richard have to try to sell half a million auto parts to save the company from bankruptcy. This is one of the few movies to have ever made me laugh until I cry. Will Tommy save the company, or will the factory, and the town, go under? This movie is full of great laughs and everybody will enjoy it.
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But when Big Tom dies, the factory threatens to go under unless the new brake pads are to be sold. That alone is funny enough, then the hood of the car pops up and they skid wildly out of control. It was so sad about Farley's untimely death in 1997, but a credit to his genius is 'Tommy Boy'. Tell me why are we so blind to see That the ones we hurt are you and me? They contrast each other perfectly. Perhaps soon there will be Spiderman: European webs are Hotter. Yes it's not particularly sophisticated. The only time I have ever laughed harder in public was during the snowman scene in Dumb and Dumber.
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The plot is embarrassingly bad. His father, Big Tom Callahan, owns an auto parts factory in Ohio. When Tommy arrives back home, he finds he has a position at the factory waiting for him. If you haven't seen Tommy Boy, I just feel sorry for you. This is your typical junk comedy. Yes, from the whole cast. This movie was dead on arrival.
He died before being able to develop fully into a great comedic actor. You will laugh your butt off. This is one of my favourite comedy films. His dad also introduces Tommy to the new brake pad division of the factory and to Tommy's soon-to-be stepmother, Beverly Barish-Burns Bo Derek , and her supposed son Paul Barish Rob Lowe. Also, Black Sheep is another great one with Chris Farley and David Spade.
The jokes are hilarious and you will be laughing every minute of this movie. In order to save the company Tommy must sell at least a half a million of the company's break pads in order to pay off the bank. There's really not a whole lot more to say than that. Tragedy strikes though, when Tommy's father dies and the company is in danger. It has a good storyline, good acting, great scenery, adventure and some brilliant gags! I pretty much know it by heart. But you can completely ignore that and simply luxuriate in Chris Farley's antics. Tommy Boy was the best of Farley's cinematic efforts.
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For us, Elizabeth Mitchell will always be the girl who made out with a young Angelina Jolie in Gia, but as Juliet on ABC’s Lost, Ms. Mitchell tends to run around the island looking fierce. So we were shocked to find her to be laid-back and giggly — way more bubbly than bad-ass.
Did you feel any pressure coming on board a pop-culture phenomenon like Lost?
I think I probably just refused to feel it too much. I just had a baby like six months before, and I was too sleep-deprived to care.
That kinda works for the character.
Yeah, fairly insane. But I think I was just like, “Well, I’ll do this, then. That sounds great,” not realizing how huge [the show] was.
Tell us about Juliet.
Well, I think she’s very smart, very loyal. She’s trying to figure something out: how to get home, for the most part. But she can’t find any way to click her heels together.
We think she’s one of the more fascinating characters on the show.
A lot of it, of course, is the writing, but I think that I get so excited because there’s actually something real to play.
You don’t often find such complicated characters on network television.
You really don’t, and I didn’t think she was going to be that. I mean, Juliet didn’t start out that way, so I got more and more interested as I was getting scripts. I was like, “Really? They want me to do this?” It was really unexpected and very cool.
Juliet has this scary-slash-intense thing going on.
She does have a kind of intense way of watching people, which is one of the more interesting things about her to play. I think that kind of stillness isn’t something people easily do. We constantly try to fill spaces and kind of make everything okay.
How much of her backstory did you know when you started playing her?
They kind of fed it to me bit by bit, but I remember that I had a lot of it figured out. You just had to learn to get that instinctive feel for her, and slowly you saw who this person was. And of course, [the show’s writers] sit you down at first and they talk to you, and they ask you all sorts of things about yourself. They take a lot of what they’re doing — because they have this whole huge blueprint — and they put you in there. They talk about things that affect you, like, “You have a sister,” and so on. And I think that’s one of the brilliant things that they do, is they watch the people who work for them carefully, and they play to their strengths.
Do you ever get any crazed overreactions from fans?
You know, at first maybe a little bit more so because Juliet was such an antagonist. At least now she seems to be more accessible. I was on the playground with my son, and I was wearing an old-lady dress and huge hat, and this woman looks at me and gasps,“You’re Juliet!” And I’m like, “Yeah.” And she says, “Oh, my God, I thought you’d be in head-to-toe leather and riding a motorcycle.” And I was all, “No, I’m sorry. This must be horribly disappointing. I apologize.”
Yeah, but so much of the time onscreen, you guys all look sweaty and filthy.
Oh, yeah — we spend a great deal of time looking awful.
Well, that must cut down on being recognized. We’re assuming you don’t run around looking filthy all the time.
I do! Well, not filthy, but I usually look tired, and I have no makeup on. It’s when I’m really dressed up that no one recognizes me. I was walking through the airport one time when I had a press thing, and I had on what I love to wear: huge high heels and a great dress. I didn’t get stopped once.
Who’s a better kisser: Matthew Fox or Angelina Jolie?
Well, that’s not really a fair question. I mean, I barely got to kiss Matthew. There was a lot of psychological stuff behind it, but as far as just letting loose and getting to kiss, it never happened. I don’t know that I can answer that fairly, but I will say that Angelina was lovely to kiss.
So the answer is Angelina?
But Matthew was lovely, too. I mean how can you not [think so], with Matthew? You can sort of drown in all that softness with him, but then he still has that masculine, firm thing going on.
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Elizabeth Mitchell is a phenomenally talented American actress, born in 1970, probably best known for her roles as the fan favourite ill-fated and one of the most ambiguous characters of tv Dr. Juliet Burke on the hit show “LOST”, and the outstanding Snow Queen on “Once Upon A Time“.
She was the lead in the movie “The Purge: Election Year“, which brought in $80 million (8 times its budget) only in USA.
She’ll start filming a new Christmas movie (Read what she told us about it) in July and has just completed the movie “Witch Hunt“. She also has two movies in post-production “Never Too Late!” with Ellen Burstyn and “What We Found“.
You probably remember her also as the kick-alien-ass FBI Agent Erica Evans on “V“, the scientist Rachel Matheson on “Revolution” and the inspector Carine Strand on the action/crime series “Crossing Lines”.
With a B.F.A. in Acting she spent 15 year doing theatre before she got in front of the camera. Her credits include: GIA (1998), THE LINDA MCCARTNEY STORY (2002), FREQUENCY (2000), NURSE BETTY (2000), SANTA CLAUSE 2 (2002), SANTA CLAUSE 3 (2006), but also numerous guest appearances and recurring much discussed characters on well-established shows as THE EXPANSE, BLINDSPOT, ER, LAW & ORDER: SVU, BOSTON LEGAL, EVERWOOD, C.S.I., JAG and HOUSE MD.
With numerous credits from theatres, TV series and movies, Elizabeth Mitchell has been blessing our small and big screens for more than 30 years.
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Rolls-Royce Takes the Sport-Utility to New Heights
A smooth ride and bells and whistles galore make the Cullinan more than outdoor-ready
Written by Steve Siler
We’re not sure if Rolls-Royce customers are tailgating types, and of those who might be, it’s hard to imagine many of them getting their pregame buzz on in a college stadium parking lot, grabbing cold, wet beers—or even a bottle of Cristal—from the boot of their Rolls. Certainly, better choices for such shenanigans exist among the seven to 10 other vehicles owned by the typical Rolls-Royce customer.
Or is there? Among the numerous amenities of the all-new Rolls-Royce Cullinan that far surpass the realm of necessity is the “Viewing Suite”—two folding seats that, at the touch of a button, motor out from the “Recreation Module” cartridge mounted beneath the cargo floor and unfold, facing outward, while a small cocktail table rises between them. Homecoming will never be the same.
Rolls-Royce has designed various other modules that may be stored at home and swapped into the Cullinan on a lark, should the customer prefer drone photography, hiking, rock climbing, BASE jumping, snowboarding, wakeboarding—even volcano boarding (!). And in case Rolls has not, in fact, anticipated one’s specific sybaritic desire, customers may spec out their own custom Recreation Modules to suit whatever activities they consider “recreation.”
But that Viewing Suite—an estimated $25,000 expenditure on top of the roughly $325K starting price for the Cullinan—should prove particularly popular, we surmise, especially to drivers who are comfortable driving off-road. As the company’s first-ever model to come standard with all-wheel drive, adjustable air suspension informed by stereoscopic cameras, hill descent control, four-camera surround view with “helicopter mode,” infrared night vision that detects both pedestrians and wildlife, water-fording capability of 21 inches, and an “Everywhere” button that sets the Cullinan up for optimal traction based on terrain, the vehicle may take them places they could never reach in a Phantom and where the Viewing Suite could be put to very good use indeed.
We got the chance to reach some of those places in the Cullinan during its global media debut in gorgeous Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where we experienced, among other things, what it’s like to drive a Rolls-Royce that is—clutch pearls—dirty. While we’d never wear the record-breaking mega-diamond for which the Cullinan is named out on trails this muddy and strewn with debris, we would happily climb Snow King again in this Rolls, even on the standard all-season tires; ditto any of the miles of muddy, rutted Wyoming trails, which, in spite of their rocks, water crossings, and undulating surfaces, never pitched the Cullinan’s body into a fit of shuddering or tossed our heads around violently. For tougher stuff, the eight-speed automatic has a “Low” button that holds second gear. Sure, the Cullinan is the most expensive production SUV in history, but powered by Rolls-Royce’s trusty, torquey, and silent 563-horsepower 6.75-liter V-12 and aided by technology, it is not as precious as one might expect.
The Cullinan is also not as numb on the road as one might expect, given that it’s a three-ton SUV, and a Rolls-Royce SUV to boot. Indeed, the vehicle feels taut—never harsh, just mannerly and crisp—more like a Ghost than the pillowy Phantom. Steering is well weighted and accurate, but at 79 inches across—roughly the same as a full-size pickup—the Cullinan always feels big, especially on narrow two-laners. It’s arguably at its best where there are no lanes—i.e., off-road.
It even looks better with a little grit, because, to be candid, the elegance for which Rolls-Royces are known is muted to some degree in this high-bodied form. Its aluminum-intensive “Architecture of Luxury” structure also underpins the $100K-pricier Phantom, but a foot and a half less length and seven inches more height give the Cullinan a chunkier profile. All traditional Rolls-Royce cues are present—the Pantheon grille, stern-looking headlamps, pronounced shoulder, power-operated “coach” doors, small rectangular taillamps, tapering bustle-back rear end—but the proportions seem somewhat awkward, like those of the high-roofed Bentley limousine the Queen of England uses when Her Majesty allows herself to be seen being transported in public. That said, those high walls make great canvases for splattered mud, and the Spirit of Ecstasy, a.k.a. Eleanor, looks rather awesome with mud on her face. Good thing each Cullinan is coated with three coats of paint and two layers of protective clear coat.
There’s little to question inside. Like most Rolls-Royces, there isn’t much of the interior that’s not covered by unspeakably soft bull hides (at least nine per Cullinan, according to Rolls-Royce), gorgeous wood veneers, or authentic metal trim, with the ambience changing considerably depending on the color scheme and level of sheen on the wood and metal. Whether in front or back, one sits upon what feels more like a personal cloud than a chair, and as with Rolls’s Ghost and Phantom sedans, the rears can be combined bench-style for three-across capacity, or as individual thrones separated by a refrigerator and cabinetry containing whiskey glasses and other bar items. Stadium seating and tall, vertical windows provide a commanding view, and should the paparazzi attack, power curtains are available to shut them out. Buttons on the front seatbacks deploy motorized tray tables that feature integrated touchscreen tablets for in-seat entertainment, navigation, or web browsing via the Cullinan’s 5G-capable hotspot. And, of course, there’s no pleasure quite like running one’s toes through the deep lamb’s wool carpets in a Rolls-Royce.
Deliveries of the 2019 Rolls-Royce Cullinan are slated to begin about the time you read this. Watch for them on the road, on a trail, or perhaps at a tailgate party near you.
The 2019 Super-Sport-Utilities: Lamborghini Urus and Porsche Cayenne
While the Rolls-Royce sport-utility vehicle featured in this issue is neither sporty nor all that utilitarian, Lamborghini’s new SUV, the Urus—pronounced “ooo-rus”—promises to be at least the former. Lamborghini is even characterizing it as a super-sport-utility vehicle. And that’s a fair comment coming from Lamborghini, which knows a bit about super-sport things.
Starting around $200K, the Urus isn’t Lamborghini’s first SUV, but it’s the company’s first since the tanklike LM002 of the late 1980s/early 1990s, a.k.a. the Rambo Lambo. Unlike the LM002, which used the Countach’s sonorous but persnickety V-12, the Urus uses a wickedly powerful turbocharged V-8 with 641 hp, roughly 200 ponies mightier than the LM002’s V-12. Thus equipped, the Urus should be good for 0-to-60 mph sprints of about 3.5 seconds, half the time it took the LM002. The Urus’s hexagon-driven cabin decor is stunningly different from those of the similarly priced Bentley Bentayga and similarly sport-oriented Porsche Cayenne, corporate cousins of the Urus within the Volkswagen AG family.
Lamborghini Urus Dynamic Launch in Palm Springs, California.
Speaking of the Porsche, the Urus might not exist if not for the Cayenne, which was the first SUV to prove that a truly sporty sport-utility vehicle was possible. For 2019, the Cayenne is all-new and, like the Urus, designed for sportier-minded drivers. While the top dog Cayenne Turbo shares much of its turbocharged V-8 with the Urus (and the Bentley), it’s limited to “just” 550 hp, so as not to upstage the others, both of which are roughly $75K pricier. The Cayenne and Cayenne S models will also be offered with turbo V-6s with 340 and 440 hp, respectively, starting around $75K.
Visually, the new Cayenne appears thicker but is actually lower and narrower, yet still as sleek as a missile. It’s more spacious and far more refined inside. Both of these particularly sporty sport-utes are on sale now.
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A few London transport map links: here there is a detailed, zoomable map of the London Underground and surface railways, showing the locations of stations (both operational and closed) and tracks.
Meanwhile, the Green Party's candidate for Mayor of London has an interactive map showing how far London's bicycle hire system would reach if it were the size of Paris's; which is to say, quite a bit further, particularly to the north and south. Perhaps it'd even be possible to live near a Boris Bike station without being made of money.
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Britain's most senior cartographer has railed against electronic maps, arguing that they obliterate the rich geography of Britain, reducing an ancient landscape filled with history to a set of roads:
Churches, cathedrals, stately homes, battlefields, ancient woodlands, rivers, eccentric landmarks and many more features which make up the tapestry of the British landscape are not being represented in online maps, which focus on merely providing driving directions, said Mary Spence, President of the British Cartographical Society.
"Corporate cartographers are demolishing thousands of years of history, not to mention Britain's geography, at a stroke, by not including them on maps," she said. "We're in danger of losing what makes maps unique; giving us a feel for a place."
While Spence's complaint seems superficially plausible, it misses the forest for the trees (no pun intended), focussing on the specifics of the implementations of a yet novel technology and ignoring the momentum that is driving progress forward. It's true that, when you look at a map in Google Maps or on a satnav unit, it, by default, shows you a minimalistic, functional map, consisting of sparse lines rendered in brightly coloured pixels. However, it is also true that there is more than that beneath the surface. Google Earth, Google Maps' big brother, renders the globe with a panoply of user-selectable layers, from the standard geographical landmarks (roads, railways, cities) to links to geotagged Wikipedia pages and photographs (albeit on some weird service nobody uses because everyone's on rival Yahoo!'s Flickr). Google Earth itself allows users to draw their own layers and send links to them. And OpenStreetMap takes it one step further, doing for mapping what Wikipedia did for textual reference works; if you find that your map of Gloucestershire is missing Tewkesbury Abbey or your map of Cental Asia got the Aral Sea wrong, you can correct it. And if you live somewhere where there is no Google Maps (and, indeed, no Ordnance Survey), you can map it yourself (or get some friends together to map it; or petition the local government/chamber of commerce to buy a few GPS units and pay some people to drive around with them, assembling a map). This has resulted in excellent maps of places Google hasn't reached yet, like, say, Reykjavík, Buenos Aires and much of Africa.
Making maps is only half of the equation; it's when one considers what can be done with all the mapping data that things become really exciting. Now that mobile data terminals (which people often still refer to as "phones"), with wireless internet connections and GPS receivers, are becoming commonplace, these soulless, history-levelling map databases are transformed into a living dialogue with and about one's surroundings. Already mobile phones which can help you find various amenities and businesses near where you are are being advertised. It is trivial to imagine this extended from merely telling you where the nearest public toilet is or how to get home from where you are into less mundane matters. Press one button, it points out historical facts about your location, with links to Wikipedia pages; press another one, and it scours online listings and tells you what's happening nearby. Follow any link to flesh out the picture as deeply as you have time for.
Spence's argument reminds me of a lot of the beliefs about computers from the 1950s, when computers were expensive, hulking beasts which were programmed laboriously using punched cards and rudimentary languages like FORTRAN and COBOL. It was too easy to extrapolate the status quo, the baby steps of a new technology, in a straight line and see a future of centralised hegemony and soul-crushing tedium, where the world is reorganised around the needs of these primitive, inflexible machines. Of course, that world never came about, as the machines evolved rapidly; instead of being marshalled into centrally computerised routines, we got iPods, blogs and Nintendo Wiis. To suggest that computerised maps will reduce our shared psychogeography to a collection of colour-coded roads is similarly absurd.
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For years, map historians have been puzzled by the so-called "London Underground Map", and have speculated on what it could possibly represent. Now a new theory claims that, when rotated and adjusted appropriately, the map corresponds with the map of Australia:
Captain Columbus set sail from Whitby in the "Beagle" soon after he had routed the Armada at Trafalgar, in 1215, and reached Australia a few months later. It is thought that he had the map drawn for him, by one Harry Beck, to remind him where he had buried the treasure. Not wanting the map to lead other explorers to find the loot, should the map have fallen into the wrong hands, he instructed Beck to insert all kinds of fictitious roads and placenames -- even airports!
In Beck's hands, Port Philip is renamed Watford -- presumably in an attempt to deter would-be looters -- Botany Bay is renamed Uxbridge, Perth: Upminster and Albany: Epping. Mystery still remains about the purpose of the zonal markings, but Professor Bovlomov speculates that they might indicate the friendliness -- or hostility -- of the natives. The Professor believes that Beck may have included a coded message within the map to identify the location of the treasure. "Bank" is dismissed as "too obvious", and is probably intended to lead the unauthorised holder of the map to a certain death. West Finchley, though, may prove to be the site of the hidden treasure because, as the professor says: "It is obviously a made up name, and was probably invented by Beck as a kind of joke. No one would ever think of going to such a place, let alone living there!" When asked to comment, other experts said it was Barking.
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One of the things that Britain does better than anyone else is postcodes; while most countries' postcodes give you an area the size of a suburb or town, the six or seven letters of a Royal Mail postcode give you a segment of a street, with enough information to find the place the code refers to. This allows sites like the Transport for London Journey Planner to tell you exactly how to get from one postcode to another.
There is a problem with this, though; the postcode data is not free, but is owned by Royal Mail, who monetise the hell out of it. If you wish to use the database for your own purposes, doing so will cost you a few thousand pounds a year. (The fact that your taxes may have paid for the system to be drawn up doesn't enter into the argument.)
Anyway, this has gotten up the nose of a number of open-geodata activists, who are doing something about it: they're collecting their own data mapping points to postcodes, and using this to draw up freely usable and distributable maps of postcode areas. Free The Postcode! is aiming to do this at a high level of accuracy, soliciting input from people with GPS receivers; meanwhile, New Popular Edition Maps is using a 1940s-vintage map of England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland may come later) to allow people to click on where their homes are and enter the postcodes. Since this is inherently less accurate (the map is of fairly low resolution, and the process depends on matching shapes of streets), they're only concerned with the prefixes at this stage. The data produced will be released into the public domain.
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Highway work in North Carolina : containing a statistical report of road work during 1911
.138 HIGHWAY WORK IN NORTH CAROLINA.
kiting that the amount voted that year was less than the average, then for
the State to furnish $400,000 it would take probably a $1,000,000 bond vote
from the separate counties. If this would not be sufficient to meet all de-mands,
the amount could be divided pro rata among those counties which had
met the requirements, and the further needs of the counties could be secured
through some other arrangement.
I have consulted some of the best engineers and financiers in the State
regarding this system, and have found all of the engineers consulted enthusi-astic
on the subject. Among the financiers I have found some who have
approached it cautiously, their conservatism being based on their objection to
the State issuing large amounts of bonds; but, when they looked carefully into
the method, they were forced to confess its features are attractive.
A bill providing for the issuance of bonds under this method was introduced
in the last Legislature of North Carolina, was indorsed by the State Highway
Association, was opposed by a special joint committee on roads and highways
of both Houses, was reported favorably by the full committee on highways
and turnpikes, was approved by the committee on appropriations in the Sen-ate,
approved by the House finance committee, passed third reading in the
House by a vote of 87 to 13. and was only prevented from becoming a law by
three majority against it in the Senate. This would seem to be sufficient evi-dence
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The following suggested legislation is recommended, which embodies
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SUGGESTED LEGISLATION FOR PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
The General AssemMy of Worth Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That for the purpose of assisting the several counties composing
the State of North Carolina in their construction of public roads, the State
Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to issue bonds of the State of
North Carolina, payable forty years after date of issue of said bonds, which
shall be the first day of July of each year beginning with the first day of
July. 1013, to an amount not to exceed $500,000 annually, and all said bonds
shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4 per cent per annum from the
first day of July of the year they are issued until paid, which interest shall
be payable semiannually on the first days of January and July of each and
every year so long as any portion of said bonds shall remain due and unpaid.
Sec 2. That the proceeds received by the State Treasurer from the sale
of the bonds authorized in this act shall be loaned to the several counties of
the State of North Carolina, as hereinafter provided, to be used by said coun-ties
in the construction of macadam, sand-clay, or other surfaced roads as
approved by the Highway Engineer of the Highway Division, if such is estab-lished
by the General Assembly, or by the Highway Engineer of the North
Carolina Geological and Economic Survey.
Sec. 3. That the proceeds from sale of the bonds authorized in this act shall
be allotted to the several counties composing the State of North Carolina in
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Contributor Berry, H. M. (Harriet Morehead), 1877-1940.
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Roads--Design and construction--North Carolina
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Full Text .138 HIGHWAY WORK IN NORTH CAROLINA. kiting that the amount voted that year was less than the average, then for the State to furnish $400,000 it would take probably a $1,000,000 bond vote from the separate counties. If this would not be sufficient to meet all de-mands, the amount could be divided pro rata among those counties which had met the requirements, and the further needs of the counties could be secured through some other arrangement. I have consulted some of the best engineers and financiers in the State regarding this system, and have found all of the engineers consulted enthusi-astic on the subject. Among the financiers I have found some who have approached it cautiously, their conservatism being based on their objection to the State issuing large amounts of bonds; but, when they looked carefully into the method, they were forced to confess its features are attractive. A bill providing for the issuance of bonds under this method was introduced in the last Legislature of North Carolina, was indorsed by the State Highway Association, was opposed by a special joint committee on roads and highways of both Houses, was reported favorably by the full committee on highways and turnpikes, was approved by the committee on appropriations in the Sen-ate, approved by the House finance committee, passed third reading in the House by a vote of 87 to 13. and was only prevented from becoming a law by three majority against it in the Senate. This would seem to be sufficient evi-dence that there is great merit in the proposition, and that it is one which will be of great benefit to the State, not only for the present, but future gen-erations. The following suggested legislation is recommended, which embodies this idea : SUGGESTED LEGISLATION FOR PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. The General AssemMy of Worth Carolina do enact: Section 1. That for the purpose of assisting the several counties composing the State of North Carolina in their construction of public roads, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to issue bonds of the State of North Carolina, payable forty years after date of issue of said bonds, which shall be the first day of July of each year beginning with the first day of July. 1013, to an amount not to exceed $500,000 annually, and all said bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4 per cent per annum from the first day of July of the year they are issued until paid, which interest shall be payable semiannually on the first days of January and July of each and every year so long as any portion of said bonds shall remain due and unpaid. Sec 2. That the proceeds received by the State Treasurer from the sale of the bonds authorized in this act shall be loaned to the several counties of the State of North Carolina, as hereinafter provided, to be used by said coun-ties in the construction of macadam, sand-clay, or other surfaced roads as approved by the Highway Engineer of the Highway Division, if such is estab-lished by the General Assembly, or by the Highway Engineer of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey. Sec. 3. That the proceeds from sale of the bonds authorized in this act shall be allotted to the several counties composing the State of North Carolina in
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Politics & Polls #16: The Real Rigged Voting
October 20th, 2016, 11:20am by Sam Wang
Donald Trump has made it clear that if he loses on Nov. 8, it is because the election was “rigged.” He has warned that there might be widespread voter fraud that will favor Democrats. But does this threat have any basis in reality? Or is the real threat new voter identification laws that have the potential to disenfranchise significant portions of the population? Where did these restrictions come from? Julian Zelizer discusses these questions in episode 16 of Politics & Polls with special guest Ari Berman, a senior contributing writer for The Nation magazine. Listen!
P.S. I’m not on this one – scheduling conflict. Julian and I will be together for the next one, in which we talk about the religious right with our colleague Kevin Kruse.
Tags: Princeton
RosiesDad // Oct 20, 2016 at 12:01 pm
Love the podcast, Sam. I binge listened to most of the early ones after I found it (at about Episode 9). Will look forward to hearing you on the next one.
anonymous // Oct 20, 2016 at 12:27 pm
I wonder if the danger of this refusal of Donald Trump to accept the election results gracefully is being overplayed. Is a mature democracy like the US really so fragile as to be dependent on a concession speech?
Greg Gross // Oct 20, 2016 at 12:38 pm
And now The Donald claims that Hillary had last night’s debate questions in advance. What a sore loser….
http://www.nbcnews.com/card/trump-claims-clinton-secretly-used-debate-questions-n670091
bks // Oct 20, 2016 at 1:19 pm
Yup. It’s over when the electoral college votes.
Shawn Huckaby // Oct 20, 2016 at 2:09 pm
Maybe it won’t be a national orgy of overturned cars and pitchfork wielding mobs, but the real danger is further eroding confidence and trust in government among a not inconsequential portion of the populace.
The reason I believe Ryan, McConnell and the rest of Republican leadership is quietly turning a blind eye at this point is that it serves their short-term advantage to have Hillary take office as a weakened and de-legitimized president. They fundamentally don’t care about the long-term health or viability of the republic if it helps them to ride out the next two years with their base. McCain has already let slip the GOP plans to block all of Hillary’s SCOTUS nominees for the next four years. It’s clear that a party concerned about a continued functioning government would not be acting the way they are.
In many ways it’s the corollary to corporations putting all of their focus on short-term investor returns, rather than worrying about the long-term prospects of the company. And we’ve all seen how great that turns out!
Chuck // Oct 20, 2016 at 2:12 pm
It depends entirely on what he says and how his supporters respond. My concern is that many of them act exactly like members of a classic cult of personality. They’re already angry and convinced that they are the victims of a vast conspiracy. Trump has already encouraged them to intimidate voters in “those neighborhoods.” It wouldn’t take much for them to decide to take revenge of the Americans they believe have wronged them by failing to worship their fearless leader.
Our democracy is not that fragile, but civil order can become very fragile if a small number of fanatics decide to start using weapons to express their displeasure.
Taylor // Oct 20, 2016 at 3:27 pm
Our presidential election is not a single election. It’s actually 51 separate elections (the states and DC). If Trump wants to challenge results, he must do it by each state. Polls suggest that Clinton hits 270 just by securing the dark blue states, which will not be subject to recount. Trump could challenge Ohio if it’s close, but it won’t matter. She will still have already beaten him. He may not officially concede, but the GOP will on his behalf. He can sit in Trump Tower and pout.
Ruth Rothschild // Oct 20, 2016 at 6:32 pm
A concession is only a formality and not a requirement. It’s basically the civil and honorable thing for the loser to do in transferring power in a peaceful and honorable manner. Whether or not the loser concedes doesn’t alter the outcome of the election. And, the winner will still be inaugurated in January, 2017, with or without a concession from the loser of the election. What is of more concern is if the loser decides to file a lawsuit contesting the outcome and to demand a recount. That could lead to complications and delays. Hopefully, this election wouldn’t get to that level. Certainly, if Hillary loses, I believe that she would concede.
Of more concern to me is what Sam wrote about voter suppression. And, with the Supreme Court having done away with having voting site monitors from the Dept of Justice present at various voting places, it makes this even dicier, unless there can be a presence of State Dept employees, maybe the National Guard in various locations, and the police as monitors at various sites. But, that isn’t realistic because there probably aren’t enough of those people to go around. My worry also is that many of Trump’s supporters will take up his suggestion to go to voting places and watch to make sure no fraud is happening, but that what will happen, instead, is that these people will intimidate voters who will then step out of line and go home without voting. This sort of thing happened in both 2008 and 2012. It’s a sad commentary on the path this country is going down and the results of polarization.
Rob Honeycutt // Oct 20, 2016 at 7:06 pm
In a way, Hillary actually did have the debate questions in advance…
It’s called “debate prep.”
You prep for all possible questions.
Dave Kliman // Oct 20, 2016 at 1:02 pm
Now it’s time to be the ALEC of the rest of us and use all those grads and post docs to draft boilerplate legislation such as “the fair districting act,” which ought to be presented, on a silver plater, to legislatures across the land, and maybe even federally.
Mike Harrison // Oct 20, 2016 at 5:21 pm
It needs to be federal. At least so it will have effect here in PA. PA is terribly gerrymandered and the legislature would never vote for it. I’m looking at a huge imbalance for Republicans into the unseeable future unless something like this passes.
RonL // Oct 20, 2016 at 11:29 pm
According to reports, this will be one of President Obama’s post-presidential projects… the elimination, as much as is possible, of gerrymandering. But the reports — which indicate a willingness to eliminate all gerrymandering — may not be as accurate as I’d wish. Calling it the National Democratic Redistricting Committee sounds unfortunately partisan. I don’t disagree that a partisan effort on the part of Democrats might level the field. But a nonpartisan effort is more laudable. And admittedly, perhaps has less chance of success… one needs both sides to agree that there is a problem if one takes a nonpartisan approach. I don’t see the current crop of Republican leaders as being willing to admit that there is a problem.
RP // Oct 21, 2016 at 1:17 am
But *why* would GOP leaders admit there’s a problem when gerrymandering helps their position in the House, especially when the 2020 census is around the corner?
The presidency and senate will remain extremely competitive for Democrats unless the GOP does some serious soul-searching (doubtful) and stops pandering to the racists. So widening the moat around the House is a good bet for them, even if it’s through something antidemocratic like gerrymandering.
The GOP is stronger at the *state* level, but as soon as they go national, it’s right into the ol’ brick wall. So gerrymandering is an effective tool to “translate” state-level wins (governorships, legislature majorities) into national ones via the House.
Rachel Findley // Oct 21, 2016 at 10:00 pm
In addition, some of those brilliant and eager incipient academics could work on cases to take through the legal system in the states and to the US Supreme Court, assuming the Senate goes Democratic and the Supremes come to more closely resemble the electorate.
alurin // Oct 23, 2016 at 5:40 pm
A Federal law on redistricting would be unconstitutional; that is entirely the realm of state legislatures. If you want change, you have to do it state-by-state.
No, this is not true. Article 1, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution states, “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Place of Chusing Senators.” An example of federal constraint on redistricting is the Voting Rights Act.
Arthur Neelley // Oct 20, 2016 at 1:26 pm
His not accepting the result on Election Night would only be acceptable IF and only IF it were somehow an extremely close election. All indications are that it isn’t going to be, but I suppose anything is possible.
A // Oct 20, 2016 at 1:31 pm
Read this post if you want your mind refreshed on what a different level Sam has been on compared to..cough…others…when it comes to prediction models in 2015-2016.
http://election.princeton.edu/2016/01/05/what-december-polls-can-tell-us-about-the-gop-nomination/#more-13187
anonymous // Oct 20, 2016 at 2:37 pm
Thanks for pointing out that early post. A good example of clear unbiased thinking leading to a correct prediction.
Matt McIrvin // Oct 20, 2016 at 7:27 pm
Bonus: excellent Sesame Street link.
mcorn // Oct 20, 2016 at 1:50 pm
I don’t think there is any question that the bigger news story with regard to tilting the outcome of elections was and is the unholy alliance of gerrymandering and voter suppression.
The notion that dated voter registration rolls necessarily implies voter fraud has little objective support:
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/trumps-bogus-voter-fraud-claims/
deb // Oct 20, 2016 at 3:08 pm
2 things. Since Ds outnumber Rs by 3%, which is a lot, but Rs control the Senate, House, state governorships and state legislatures even in Democratic states, Ds must not be rigging very well.
The suspense after the results, this narcissist, will try and steal the limelight from the first female winner by using that “suspense” to launch his own party and/or media empire. People with NPD can NOT lose face.
Rachel Findley // Oct 20, 2016 at 3:27 pm
Just got to the part of the WOOCast when he says “Trump says he went to college in Pennsylvania, and that’s how he knows the vote is rigged there.”
Can’t resist a nonstatistical aside: decades ago I was a graduate student in Princeton Borough, and I worked as a Democratic Party poll watcher. I noticed two interesting names registered at the Tiger Club on Prospect Street: Seymour Tree and [somebody] Troll. Tiger was famous for a yearly battle between Trees (tall guys) and Trolls (short guys). I flagged them, and they were removed from the rolls. But neither had ever voted. Would that be evidence of voter fraud in Princeton Borough?
Slartibartfast // Oct 20, 2016 at 7:41 pm
Unless they actually voted, that’s voter registration fraud—which has no impact on elections whatsoever.
Rick Howard // Oct 20, 2016 at 9:11 pm
Trump’s National Political Director, Jim Murphy, left the campaign officially today. “I have not resigned but for personal reasons have had to take a step back from the campaign,” he said. Murphy played a key role in setting up field programs in battleground states and is believed to have been a leader for the GOTV effort for Trump.
Phoenix Woman // Oct 21, 2016 at 5:41 pm
“For personal reasons” is the new “to spend time with his/her family”, I take it?
chris // Oct 21, 2016 at 6:19 am
Just a quick question about the EV maps. Today the “distorted to emphasize its share of electoral votes” shows Arizona white, but the undistorted map shows Arizona light blue.
What is the difference in the two maps besides the distortion? A different update schedule, or ??
Keep up the great work.
ravilyn sanders // Oct 21, 2016 at 7:02 am
Eh tu, Dr Wang?
Seriously? Three significant digits? 98.6%? Or is it a sort of inside joke about the normal temperature of human body?
There I was laughing at Nate for giving the third significant digit in the click bait, sorry now cast, prediction.
Lobbying me usually does not work…but you have given me pause.
OK, everyone else…more lobbying. I need to hear more on this topic.
bks // Oct 21, 2016 at 8:54 am
Readers would get the wrong idea if you gave both as 100%.
“>99%”?
Jim // Oct 21, 2016 at 9:08 am
Actually, this is only 2 sig-figs. 1.4% probability of Trump win. Though 2 digits is probably still overdoing it. At this point, the systematic uncertainty is dominant.
The 70% quoted or Senate is the more important probability estimate, although I tend to look more at individual races.
I want as many digits as necessary, significant or not, so that I continue to see progress toward 100%, even if that means the win probability goes to something like 99.994%. Sure it makes no rational sense but according to brain scientist types humans are not fully rational creatures.
@Froggy // Oct 21, 2016 at 9:21 am : I want as many digits as necessary, significant or not…
37 years ago in a freshman physics lab I calculated g, the acceleration due to gravity, to be something like 9.8038383 m/sec^2 using a simple pendulum. The roasting (and the F grade) I got from Dr Swaminathan, may God rest his soul, I will never forget.
If we take delight in what is essentially noise, we might as well consult the tea leaves.
Amitabh Lath // Oct 21, 2016 at 10:23 am
Your site serves a pedagogic function for the math-phobic. I vote for sticking to 2 sig figs, but at this point, the leading “9” is irrelevant.
Why not publish 1-P(Clinton win), in scientific notation if needed?
Or stick to P(Clinton) but give sigma to 2 sig figs.
bks // Oct 21, 2016 at 10:39 am
Convert to the Magic 8-Ball spectrum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_8-Ball#Possible_answers
Froggy // Oct 21, 2016 at 11:37 am
@Ravilyn – Thanks for the suggestion in your last sentence. I’m sitting here drinking green tea, listening to “Metal Machine Music,” and loving it.
Slartibartfast // Oct 21, 2016 at 12:50 pm
As I recall, in past years Sam has added extra significant digits when the probability gets above 98%. I think this falls under the same principle as not throwing out polls (like USC/Dornsife) in the middle of the campaign. It’s not clickbait, in my opinion, but valuable information about what the model is saying about the race. It isn’t that an accurate objective assessment of the probabilities, but it is a valid relative measure of the state of the campaign.
If Sam wants to change his policy for next cycle, that’s his prerogative (I would urge him not to), but he should finish out this cycle in the way he finished out previous cycles in my opinion.
Eric // Oct 21, 2016 at 1:06 pm
I vote for >99%. It conveys everything necessary without false precision.
Five Tool Player // Oct 21, 2016 at 2:25 pm
I like three sig figs — not for any mathematical or rational reason — but for reasons of mundane pragmatism. As a college student, I found that college professors almost never took points off of free response test questions if the answer was given with three sig figs. Go Cubs.
Please post also your right-column medians (the Presidential and Senate races) to the closest tent-of-a-percent!
Would you please also add the states where Trump’s median lead has been reduced to single-digit? According to PEC’s spreadsheet this includes:
Texas (–3.5 %)
Alaska (–4 %)
South Carolina (–4 %)
Missouri (–6 %)
Utah (–6 %)
Indiana (–8 %)
“>99%” is fine when the time comes.
Tony Asdourian // Oct 21, 2016 at 5:58 pm
I feel like the whole point of this site is that it isn’t trying to be trendy, just as accurate as possible. If 3 significant figures, in your judgment, conveys meaningful information, I’d keep it. If not, I’d switch over to >98% or >99%.
As an engineer working with real Mr Murphy stuff we don’t buy probabilities with decimal points. Use integers. And 100% defies the universe.
Good work is on display here. This is my thrice daily fix.
Mut // Oct 22, 2016 at 4:45 am
Unhelpfully obvious suggestion: quote a number of digits that reflects the uncertainty on the estimate. If you’re in a binomial-like zone where the error gets smaller as you approach 100%, keep adding digits. If it’s saturated then I’d round to the nearest 1% (or “>99%” if above 99.5%).
Jeremiah // Oct 22, 2016 at 1:04 pm
I have to second Mut’s comment. The number of significant digits has to represent the information from the calculation. The significant digits in this context is not mis-representing the accuracy of the calculation because it has to show the order of magnitude. If Donald Trump had a 0.1% probability of winning then you would have to write that as 99.9% Clinton probability. It doesn’t matter if the accuracy is only +/- 20 % that would give a range of a Trump win of 0.08% to 0.12% which would still be about 99.9% chance of a Clinton win.
The error bar in the probability goes down as the Meta-Margin goes up. This is approximately reflected in the number of significant figures – but not perfectly.
For example, think about the random-drift probability. Imagine that the difference between today’s Meta-Margin and the November 8th outcome is 2% on average. When the Meta-Margin is 0%, if it is uncertain by +/-0.5%, that corresponds to a probability that could be 9 percentage points in either direction from 50%. When the Meta-Margin is 5%, as it is today, the probability will only be off by 0.8 percentage points in either direction. Basically, the probability saturates near 100%.
However, I have found that putting an uncertainty on a probability sounds weird to a lot of people. Instead, I use the significant figures to convey the precision. For the Bayesian prediction, and appropriate statement would be to use whole numbers up to 99%, and above that to say “>99%.” So that’s what we will do.
Matt McIrvin // Oct 21, 2016 at 9:28 am
I’ve been seeing a lot of Democrats in the past couple of days crowing about a wave election, 400+ EV, flipping the House, etc.
I’m seeing little or no evidence of this in polls. Maybe a real wave is coming, but it looks more like a Presidential win for Clinton somewhere in the range between 2012 and 2008 to me, with the Senate up in the air and the House probably out of reach, and we might even be seeing signs of incipient tightening.
I’m thinking there’s just enough time for a spate of “Trump is back!” articles in the waning days before he loses. His loyalists are clinging to the two or three right-leaning polls that frequently show him ahead nationally, and they’ll get very excited when those jump up to what looks like a safe lead, which might contribute to “rigged election” talk on the morning after.
Josh // Oct 21, 2016 at 9:45 am
I agree with much of this. A couple of things to ponder:
1) It’s fairly clear from polling over the last several weeks that most of the support Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are losing is going to Hillary; Trump has been at around 40% since September, while Hillary has gone from 43-44% to about 46%. Concurrently, [Johnson + Stein] has gone from 11-12% to 9%. Even though Johnson supporters’ second choices break fairly evenly for Trump and Clinton, and even though undecideds typically break 50/50, I wonder if this election is different, and that third party supporters and undecideds will break in a larger proportion for Clinton?
2) As has been pointed out elsewhere, Barack Obama ended up over-performing his final polling in each of his two elections (by about 1/2-1% in 2008 and by 2-3% in 2012). Is it possible that Hillary, too, will end up doing better in the final tally than the numbers currently indicate?
3) It’s certainly true that a wave a la 2006 (when Dems won the generic Congressional ballot by something like 15 points) doesn’t seem in the cards this year, but there are still a few weeks for the remaining undecideds and third-party people to go R or D. It wouldn’t surprise me if a combination of polls undervaluing Clinton and a very late rush of support ended up giving her a margin of victory in the 8-10 point range.
Bill // Oct 21, 2016 at 11:04 am
One aspect of gerrymandering is that while creating more winning districts it also reduces the safe margin. This creates a lower threshold for a lot of tipping. I’m hoping Trump supporter despair can help Dems get over that threshold in lots of places.
Ravilyn Sanders // Oct 21, 2016 at 1:02 pm
@Bill // Oct 21, 2016 at 11:04 am
Yes, there were a few posts using the “levee overtopping” analogy. But Dr Wang has calculated the margin of safety built in is around 20% (60-40 splits) in the districts. So we need a larger margin to win. Because house races are polled very rarely he uses a national poll correlation. An 8% generic ballot advantage in national polls is needed to get control of the House. Will that 8% also result in Katrina like levee break up? We don’t know.
Yes. The congressional margin is discouraging. Clinton has very short coat tails. We really need at least two years if House and Senate control to get a reset going. A Republican House will simply obstruct then we have mid-terms that make it worse. An amendment to end gerrymandering can be coupled with the amendment to end the Electoral College.
Michael // Oct 21, 2016 at 11:27 am
Clarification needed for the non-science major:
Is it Hillary’s or Trump’s chances that would correctly be called “asymptotic?”
Douglas Natelson // Oct 21, 2016 at 2:32 pm
Both. Trump’s chances (as estimated here) are asymptotically approaching 0%; Clinton’s are asymptotically approaching 100%.
Olav Grinde // Oct 21, 2016 at 11:45 am
Two new polls from Georgia today showing Trump’s lead reduced to 1 % and 2 % respectively. I do wonder if this is further evidence of a likely wave election.
Historically, apparently only 6 % of voters split their tickets. The question, of course, is how much higher that figure can be in this Year of Trump.
This diagram shows an astonishing shift in early voting margins in swing states – mostly in favor of Democrats.
https://twitter.com/sfcpoll/status/789459176418320384
Surely Trump and his most-rabid supporters will conclude that a 2016 wave is decisive evidence for a rigged election – rather than a massive American rejection of their candidate?
Or, it could just be a concerted effort by Democrats to vote earlier, perhaps in anticipation of trouble on Election Day. I’ve heard anecdotal reports of long lines at early-voting locations in Georgia and NC; many of the people in line are African-American, and keen to evade any vote-suppression schemes that their state governments or Trump supporters might have in store.
Either way, it’s probably a sign of Democratic enthusiasm to get votes counted.
The link to the Louisiana Senate race is broken in the Power of One Vote. A Democrat is currently running 1st but I see there is likely to be a runoff. Is it assumed a Republican will win the runoff in the less crowded field?
It is hard-coded to R+8% until after the runoff is established. No link, sorry.
Via Drew Linzer’s Twitter, about an hour ago.
Surely not impossible, but what are the odds? Maybe 1 in 20, which would be on the order of 80 years. “Dewey” was 68 years ago.
Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy
For Donald Trump to win, there’d need to be a bigger polling miss than “Dewey Defeats Truman”
We’re into the realm of two unlikely things at once now: a freakish last-minute collapse of Hillary Clinton’s support and a substantial polling miss.
pechmerle // Oct 21, 2016 at 10:49 pm
The Dewey miss was in an environment with far fewer pollsters in the field. And mostly national popular vote polling, not state by state. So a Dewey-type missing by the polling aggregates is far less likely today than it was in 1948.
Shawn Huckaby // Oct 22, 2016 at 2:37 am
I strongly dislike “maybe”. Data or gut: Pick one.
Bill // Oct 22, 2016 at 6:31 am
Sam Wang and Julian Zelizer discussed Truman/Dewey in an earlier episode. If I remember correctly another factor in the miss was that some of the big pollsters, notably Gallup and the Roper poll, stopped polling weeks before the election and ended up missing the swing to Truman.
Professor Wang, how would we recognise a rigged election? What are the telltale signs – especially in states where the polling might indicate a very close race?
A recount of paper ballots seems straightforward enough, but…
How might the hacking or tampering of voting machines be proven, or for that matter disproven? Can such a suspicion be decisively resolved?
Mind you, I am not wondering specifically about the 2016 Presidential Election, but asking this as a general and principled question.
In the U.S., where polling is mostly high quality, I would look for discrepancies between Election Eve polls and reported results. As far as I can tell, modern elections here have only minor fraud, for example a handful of people voting in the wrong jurisdiction.
Slartibartfast // Oct 23, 2016 at 2:21 am
Thank you Dr. Wang (and Olav for asking the question). I think the best response to everything being done to undermine faith in the elections is to discuss the possible types of polling misses we might see and what they would mean.
The cake is pretty much baked—anyone who has been listening to Sam knows better than to expect the meta-margin to move too much in either direction before election day. The question is how close will the cake be to the one Sam predicts?
While we don’t know what would happen, we can speculate on what various scenarios would look like.
Trump Effect: the sudden surge of silent supporters (or “shy” Trump voters) that will overwhelm Hillary unless the system is “rigged” against them.
pros: Trump said it.
cons: no evidence in primaries, no evidence of increased registration in pro-Trump demographics, no plausible causal mechanism.
magnitude: YYUUGGEE! You’ve never seen a swing this big, it’s gonna be the biggest ever!
how it would look: I would expect this to result in a correlated miss in all states that was strongest in red states and weakest in blue states.
Clinton Effect: A female Bradley effect where voters wont admit they are going to vote to Hillary to pollsters.
pros: there’s research!
cons: motivated reasoning
magnitude: the study shows female gubernatorial and Senate candidates overperform their polling by a little over 2%.
how it would look: this would probably be more pronounced in socially conservative states. A correlated polling miss that was bigger in red states and smaller in blue ones.
GOTV Effect: A game-day effect from widely disparate ground games that isn’t already baked into the polls.
pros: unprecedented difference in Republican and Democratic GOTV efforts.
cons: motivated reasoning.
magnitude: I would be surprised if this was bigger than two or three percent.
how it would look: an effect corollated with the size of the Clinton GOTV effort (normalized by the population of the state).
Clinton “Rigging”: Massive cheating by Hillary.
pros: um… there’s gotta be something, right? Oh yeah, Donald said so .
cons: the data says it isn’t necessary.
magnitude: Since each state’s voting laws and infrastructure is different and each state would have a different amount and possibly type of cheating, the magnitude of this would be somewhat random over a specific group of states.
how it would look: uncorollated misses in specific battleground or near-battleground (pink) states.
Trump “Rigging”: exactly what it says on the tin.
pros: the Republicans do all the cheating they can get away with.
cons: the Trump campaign probably isn’t competent enough to get away with it.
magnitude: probably far too big to go unnoticed.
what it would look like: armed Trump “poll watchers”, violence , and record low turnouts. The end of democracy.
Anyway, that’s just my $0.02.
Matt McIrvin // Oct 23, 2016 at 10:23 am
For a while now, there’s been a strange paper knocking around claiming that the 2008 and 2012 Republican primaries were rigged for McCain and Romney in a huge national conspiracy, and that maybe there was a thumb on the scale for McCain in the 2008 general election as well (though obviously, if so, it wasn’t enough).
The paper makes a statistical argument, that in both cases the establishment Republican candidate got a disproportionately large amount of support from larger precincts, in a way no mechanism other than cheating could explain (it claims to have corrected for urban/rural differences).
The thing that bothers me is, I can’t see any cheating mechanism that could really explain it either. I mean, yes, it stands to reason that if you were going to rig the vote-counting, you’d do it in larger precincts where you get more bang for the buck. But they claim this effect persisted across hundreds of different election systems that used completely different methods, so it can’t be some simple hack to a touchscreen voting machine; it’d have to be some kind of nationwide tampering with centralized tabulators, or something like that. And if you can do that, why would you even focus on specific precincts?
But I haven’t had the opportunity to delve into the original paper in detail and figure out if there’s anything wrong with it. I haven’t seen a detailed debunking, and it’s just out there being mysterious.
Deb // Oct 23, 2016 at 11:07 am
A great example is trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon living in California and DC but registering in Florida at a vacant home once occupied by an ex-wife.
538 Refugee // Oct 23, 2016 at 1:55 am
Excellent read. Actually gives more about Clinton’s agenda than I knew about. Things that the press has ignored because it wasn’t entertaining enough I guess. sigh….
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/31/the-new-yorker-endorses-hillary-clinton
Greg Gross // Oct 23, 2016 at 9:32 am
Excellent article. Its discussion of the Senate leads me to ask a question about the “Senate races” box at the right: Of the 15 races listed, how many have to be Dem wins to gain control of the Senate? I believe it is 4 of these 15 — but I welcome some more expert person’s input on this issue.
Emigre // Oct 23, 2016 at 1:42 pm
@Greg Gross
This is a brief summary of the six seats that could determine the control of the Senate:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/us/politics/the-calculus-in-six-crucial-senate-races.html?ref=politics
Greg Gross // Oct 23, 2016 at 3:38 pm
Thanks, Emigre. I hope all the featured Dems win (being a rabid Dem myself).
As to the “Senate races” chart at the right, I believe I have researched and answered my own question in the past 20 minutes or so: The Dems will have to win 6 of the 15 races listed in the chart at the right. The Dems will have to hold the current Dem seats in NV and CO. Plus, the Dems will have to win 4 more seats of the remaining 13 seats shown on the chart.
Currently, Dems are ahead in polls in NH, IN, WI and IL. Those 4 seats are currently held by Repubs. Dem wins in those 4 seats will mean Dem Senate control if Clinton wins, because the VP (Kaine) can break a 50-50 tie on a straight party vote.
Any critiques of the above?
My source for much of this is 270toWin, which states: “Currently, the U.S Senate is controlled by the Republicans. They have 54 Senate seats, Democrats 44, with 2 independents caucusing as Democrats (effectively giving them 46 seats). In 2016, 34 Senate seats are up for election, 10 held by Democrats, 24 by Republicans. Since Democratic Vice-President Joe Biden will break any ties, Democrats must gain at least 4 seats, for a minimum of 50 total, to take control in early January, 2017.”
538 Refugee // Oct 23, 2016 at 11:00 am
It seems Clinton is now making a serious down ticket push.
“Emboldened by polls predicting an electoral-college landslide in the presidential race, Clinton is shifting her strategy to lift up other Democrats coast to coast. She and her party are rushing to capitalize on a turbulent turn in Trump’s candidacy, which has ruptured the Republican Party, to make down-ballot gains that seemed unlikely just a month ago.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/buoyed-by-rising-polls-clinton-shifts-to-a-new-target-the-house-and-senate/2016/10/22/9c717070-97c3-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html
Obama also is getting into the act:
… President Obama called Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista) “shameless” for using the president’s photo on a recent mailer and praising him after years of criticizing the Obama administration.
Issa is facing an unexpectedly tough race this year as the eight-term Republican squares off against political novice former Marine Col. Doug Applegate.
“Issa’s primary contribution to the United States Congress has been to obstruct and to waste taxpayer dollars on trumped-up investigations that have led nowhere. And this is now a guy who, because poll numbers are bad, has sent out brochures with my picture on them touting his cooperation on issues with me,” Obama told the crowd, according to a transcript, at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser in the La Jolla home of donor Christine Forester. “Now that is the definition of chutzpah.”
The Vista Republican has been a frequent critic of Obama and has called him “one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times.” …..
Issa has long been as annoying as the crappy car alarms he used to inflict on the public. His sudden bout of expedient hypocrisy is certainly the definition of something in Yiddish. I’d say he’s a putz who’s afraid of getting schlonged in the election!
Are we back to February yet? ;)
http://election.princeton.edu/2016/05/22/february-national-polls-are-the-best-you-get-until-august/
With this in mind I have been doing a customization of the Pollster graph and keeping tabs that way. Yeah, it might be over smoothed but we are now not much changed in point spread and magnitude.
goo.gl/L2Jidx
Examining the internals of the new ABC poll which finds Clinton up by 12%, TPM noted
“The previous ABC/Post poll found a sharp 12-point decline in enthusiasm for Trump among his supporters, almost exclusively among those who’d preferred a different GOP nominee. Intended participation now has followed: The share of registered Republicans who are likely to vote is down 7 points since mid-October.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-internals-of-the-abc-poll-could-be-a-big-deal?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Talking-Points-Memo+%28Talking+Points+Memo%3A+by+Joshua+Micah+Marshall%29
I saw something at the end of the 3rd debate that reminded me of a fight between my wife’s two cats. The winner went forward to get her prize while the loser hung back licking his wounds. I’ve seen that scenario many times with the cats and it looked EXACTLY the same in many respects. Even leaving the building you could see Trump and supporters were subdued. 3rd debates don’t move the needle? Hillary may not have scored a knockout but Trump received a standing 8 count and hasn’t recovered yet. He’s holding on fighting just to survive. His tone has been more subdued ever since or the news media is biased and just showing us a different Donald. Seriously. His call for down ticket support sounds to me like he is trying to throw the party a bone knowing he has lost the presidency for them.
Politics explained? ;) Not that we needed the science on this to know it was true, but it’s nice to have a backup.
“Your brain gets used to lying as you do it more”
http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/24/13375950/lying-brain-dishonesty-study-learning-to-lie-amygdala
Ed Wittens Cat // Oct 24, 2016 at 9:28 pm
Some brain morphologies are just more permeable to “sticky” falsehoods.
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0052970
Rhina // Oct 24, 2016 at 9:13 pm
http://nevo.news/index.php/2016/09/19/latest-presidential-poll-shows-donald-trump-beating-hillary-clinton-in-head-to-head-contest-trump-taking-70-of-the-electoral-votes/
Found this link, and it is funny how different the polls look here. I guess that we are just being fooled. Sam what do you think?
It is unusual to see a post like that: completely false, with made-up statements. The nerve is incredible.
Alex // Oct 26, 2016 at 11:31 am
I was linked to that site on Facebook by an innumerate person “asking questions” about voter fraud. It is a Breitbart.com scraper/aggregator.
Charles Howes // Oct 24, 2016 at 9:15 pm
Do they teach anything about word connotation/denotation and subliminal persuasion in college writing any more? I spent years in Marketing Communications and I could see the bias from the very beginning of this election. Trump is absolutely right, the election is rigged! The only stupidity here is in those who think the rest of us can’t see it!
Charles, you have not provided any support for your assertions. I rather doubt that you can do so, but there are few Trump supporters here. So I will let this comment through in case you have evidence.
Everyone else…note that I prefer comments to contain data and be well thought-out.
Robert Del Medico // Oct 24, 2016 at 10:14 pm
Ah good, an appeal to authority in place of an actual argument. We were overdue for one of those.
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Sarge's 14th Annual Dog Walk
Aug 3, 2019 – 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Haywood Historic Courthouse
Waynesville, NC 28786 Map
Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation will hold its 14th Annual Downtown Dog Walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, in downtown Waynesville. The fundraiser supports the homeless dogs and cats of Haywood County — and is a much-loved community event, bringing hundreds of dogs and their families to Waynesville’s Main Street.
The start time is at 9 a.m. Aug. 3, to try to beat the heat.
The Downtown Dog Walk scene is a wonderful blend of tail wagging and smiles, as dogs and their humans congregate on the courthouse lawn.
“Sarge’s Annual Dog Walk is a great opportunity for us all to celebrate our canine friends,” said Fred Strohm, Sarge’s administrator. “It’s a wonderful thing to see so many people both passionate about the cause and enjoying the company of dogs."
Participants may pre-register online at www.sargeanimals.org or pick up a form at Sarge’s Adoption Center, The Dog House or Smoky Mountain Dog Bakery, all in Waynesville. Day-of-event registrations begin at 8 a.m. at the courthouse lawn.
“This event is not only a fun time for all — it gives the community an opportunity to be a part of helping with the animals’ medical costs, supplies, food, boarding and fostering,” said Felisha Yon, Sarge’s board member and Dog Walk co-chair. “Join us in celebrating the 10,000 animals Sarge’s has saved during its 13-year history.”
The walk begins and ends at the Historic Haywood County Courthouse on Waynesville’s Main Street. After the walk, there will be contests, with guest judges 99.9 KISS Country personalities Eddie Foxx and Sharon Green. See dogs compete in dog/owner look-a-like, best-dressed dog, best dog trick and best tail-wagging dog.
Attendees will want to visit the pet-related vendor tables before and after the walk.
This year, Sarge’s is offering a simplified pricing structure. For $30 per person, attendees receive admission to the Dog Walk, admission for as many dogs as you want to walk, one T-shirt, a goodie bag provided by sponsors, and an event bandanna for your pup.
The official 2019 Downtown Dog Walk T-shirt will be available for $15 for adults and $10 for children. The T-shirts will also be on sale at pre-registration and at the Dog Walk.
“If you can’t join us that day, or don’t have a dog to walk, you can still help,” Yon said. “Sign up to be a virtual walker. Sponsor a Sarge’s foster dog for $15 and a volunteer will walk a foster dog for you. What a treat for a foster dog to be able to join the fun. He or she might even find their new home.”
Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation is at 256 Industrial Park Dr., Waynesville. Visit www.sargeanimals.org, ‘Like’ Sarge’s Facebook page or call 828-246-9050.
$30 to walk dogs
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Laddering Considerations: Combustible Eg...
Years ago when fire protection systems were limited and firefighters without SCBA had challenges accessing the interior, there was greater attention paid to planning and designing ways out for occupants in the event of a fire. Over the last 50 years a certain hazard and complacency may have developed in regards to egress.
There has been enough perceived advancement in our abilities as a fire service and the quality of fire protection systems, that additional means of egress have been almost completely eliminated from modern construction.
Day in and day out apartment buildings are being specifically designed and constructed at a overall building height and layout to avoid certain building codes. The modern two and three story apartments have doors to open halls and are served by exterior stairs. We as firefighters and the residents in these communities have been somewhat lulled into a sense of safety that they can always get outside. Does this always mean they will have a way out?
In the picture above you see what you may see day in and day out during medical responses to these apartment buildings in your area. Unfortunately that open hallway and exterior stairs are only one open apartment door away from being just as much of a trap as a center hall apartment. What you aren’t seeing when you walk up and down those stairs on your next difficulty breathing call is how they may look at two o’clock in the morning like the picture below.
In the picture above we see just one side of the egress involvement from a second floor fire has cut off 4 apartments. If this stairwell serves a breezeway style hall through to the rear as many do, there is a high probability that the residents of 8 apartments are now trapped.
In order to further demonstrate that this is not a unique fire, here is another, nearly identical presentation in the daylight.
With all the talk about flow paths and door control we should be very aware of how damaging a fire can be when it is fed all the air it needs. The amount of fire and lack of smoke in the picture above means this fire is burning up that path of egress with incredible intensity and efficiency. The fire has made it out of the original unit and into a combustible hallway and staircase that it is open to the exterior on two ends (well vented) and confined by walls on the sides (compounding heat).
This picture above is from a recent fire in San Francisco where you can see the stairs and decking from the second floor up have been completely destroyed.
Once a fire has impacted an exterior egress the window of opportunity may be limited to windows
Or maybe on balconies
The key point in this post is that we are the fire department and we exists to protect lives, property and the environment from fire. If a fire has taken control of the paths of egress for our citizens we need to provide new ones, and for the most part that will be done by ground ladders. So here are a few things to consider.
Do you have enough ladders? If 8 apartments are cut off by fire you should assume you may need at least 8 ladders to access them. Do you have them?
Is your truck company set up to arrive and support suppression or perform rescues?
Do you know what you can reach with your ladder compliments, and what you are missing?
Have you only trained to throw ladders straight to a single target or have you considered the potential ways to hit targets over targets or deal with the challenges or stability benefits of different off-sets presented with 3 dimensional targets.
Have you ever trained with live victims who actually act as panicked people in need of rescue, grabbing for ladders or climbing for their lives. Meeting them for the first time on the side of a building on a stick of aluminum may not be the best setting.
This post is a brief out take of a bigger presentation titled Raising Ladders. The play on words is intended to raise interest in laddering the fire ground, raise the awareness of the potential challenges and needs for ladders, raise our ladder IQ and skills, but first and foremost light a spark in you to raise the question, how good are we at ladders?
March 23, 2017 BrianEBrush Training, Uncategorized
Fires in the Bronx as told on Face Book
Many of us on Face Book have been enjoying a string of stories that Bob Farrell has been sharing with us in short posts over the last year and many have asked him to compile them. I figured it would be better if he just kept telling stories and one of us took on the administrative task. So here is a relatively raw collection of Bob’s stories supported by pictures from the 1978 photo essay FIREHOUSE by Dennis Smith and Jill Freedman. I hope to update it monthly and repost it here as long as Bob continues to tell the tales. Thanks for the history Brother!
Updated as of 2/18/2019 – PDF File available here:
22019Fires in the Bronx as told on Face Book
January 15, 2017 BrianEBrush Uncategorized
First Due Deck Gun
The deck gun might be a regional term, I have also heard it called the monitor, or the “Stang”, but we are talking about the engine mounted master stream. Most engine mounted master streams, fog, or a stack of smooth bore tips have a flow range of 500 to 1000 GPM.
Before we go big guns blazing we can review our first due fire attack options. The 1 ¾” flowing 2.5 gallons per second is a rapidly deployed and highly mobile attack line for a room or rooms of fire. The 2 ½” attack line flowing 5 gallons per second is our heavy weight fighter looking for the big knockdown against the big opponent of a full residential floor on fire, commercial occupancy fire or any of the ADULTS situations. Finally we have the deck gun for those marginal situations where you arrive to find up to an entire building on fire and the rapid application of your whole or partial tank at 10 gallons per second is required to nuke the fire’s progress and prevent extension to exposure occupancies.
In these master stream situations it is my personal opinion they should be a smooth bore. These streams will be exterior where they will be influenced by wind, large bodies of fire will require greater stream penetration and set backs or positioning challenges for the engine mounted stream push us to maximize our stream reach and accuracy.
Smooth Bore Tip Sizes and Stream Volume at 80psi
1 3/8” = 500 GPM 1 ½” = 600 GPM 1 ¾” = 800 GPM 2” = 1000 GPM
When a smooth bore of these diameters are used as master streams the operating pressure is typically 80psi. Most of the times when engines are set up with stacked tips I find that a full 4 tip or “quad stack” is in place with the 1 3/8” on top. The two main reasons for this are “because they came that way” or because the engine has a 500 gallon tank and to use a 500 GPM tip would give nearly a minute of operation before a supply is needed.
I personally recommend the 1 ½” tip as the first up for the first due deck gun. Having tried this on a variety of different engines I have found this 10 gallon per second stream to be the highest volume, best quality stream that can be delivered strictly from tank supply. As you begin to move to the 1 ¾” and 2” tips a lot is being asked of the unsupported pump and internal plumbing and the larger tip size also reduces the stream reach and pin point accuracy that you find in the 1 ½” tip.
The Set Up
The appropriate tip is the first part of the first due deck gun set up, flow control at the monitor is second. Having a valve at the tips and more specifically a gate valve has several benefits. Flow control at the monitor reduces the potential for wasting water during positioning. It allows you to open the master stream valve at the panel and charge up to the monitor valve at idle then throttle up. Anyone who has attempted to open that larger, less frequently used valve under pressure can appreciate this. It also sets the stage for a single person to serve as both pump and master stream operator.
In lightly staffed/volunteer organizations with 1 or 2 man engines this is important but also in fully staffed engine companies the efficiency of the pump operator making a quick knock down while the other members are making a stretch.
Utilizing a gate valve in this set up over a ball valve reduces the overall length of the set-up and due to the design of the gate versus the ball valve it eliminates the potential of a water hammer due to rapid valve closure.
Once the deck gun itself is set up with tips and a valve be sure to operate in all potential positions. It is important that any obstructions or limitations are identified prior to the fire. The devil is in the details here as even the location of a light can now dictate how you position the apparatus to use the tool in a specific situation.
The final step in the set-up process is predetermining our pump discharge pressure (PDP) for this operation and it can only be done by flowing water. The PDP can be rig specific, even the slightest differences in plumbing, valves and or location can swing the friction loss by 20 PSI at this volume. Once you are flowing at the appropriate PDP close the gate valve at the deck gun and record your static pressure.For this engine we found that the static pressure was 140 to achieve the 80 PSI at the deck gun gauge once the valve was fully opened . This was not confirmed by a flow meter which would be the optimal way to pre-plan, however it will serve as an example.
By having flow control at the deck gun and knowing the static pressure the pump operator can quickly engage the pump upon arrival, pull the tank to pump valve, open the master stream valve and throttle up to that 140 PSI static pressure. This ensures that when the firefighter manning the deck gun or the pump operator jumps up to operate it they will know that the appropriate pressure is being supplied immediately upon opening the gate valve.
The hard work is done in the set-up, the operation is as simple as Ready, Aim and Fire.
Ready is getting the pump set up, master stream panel valve opened and throttling up to the required static pressure.
Aim is setting up the deck gun in the appropriate position for the target if the one on your engine has a high and low set up. Then sighting in the tips for the target.
Fire is opening the gate valve and delivering that high quality, fire killing, H2O at 10 gallons per second to the involved occupancy.
You will not get a marksman merit badge your first time out. Learning the reach and arch of the stream, and the mechanisms to adjust the monitor take some repetitions but it pays huge dividends. If we are choosing to go big at 10 gallons per second from our tank upon arrival in an attempt to take control of a rapidly changing situation we cannot afford to waste 10 to 20 seconds of water getting our pressures or our aim right. Getting good at going big with the first due deck gun happens in training.
July 16, 2016 BrianEBrush Training
Training Objectives and Omissions
Almost all formal training is created with an initial set of objectives. Often times these objectives are listed in an early PowerPoint slide, lesson plan or drill briefing to make it clear what will be covered. In reading through the Fire Service Summary Report for the PPV study last night from UL I was reminded that we must make it equally as important to communicate what cannot be covered, presented or recreated.
The background section of the report for me was as thought provoking as the study. It articulates a serious problem facing fire service training not only in regards to PPV, but all our operations; unrealistic training. I believe it should raise the question “are training ground methods countering fire ground best practices, and what is the cost?”
“Even if realistic home geometries become available, the fire service is not able to use realistic fuels such as sofas, per NFPA 1403”
To summarize the paragraph, fire service training does not and cannot replicate real world situations because to do so would be too unsafe. Let that sink in for a bit…..
Training in non combustible structures with non combustible furnishings and finishes is something that has had an incredible influence on how we operate. I think an argument could be made that it has possibly had the single greatest impact on where the fire service is collectively today. Burn building experience does not always equal fire experience. If you are a fire department with operations based in burn building experience you need to be humble enough to listen to the information UL and so many others are presenting right now to make the potential necessary changes. TO BE CLEAR: IT IS NOT THAT TRAINING SHOULD NOT BE CONDUCTED IN THESE SETTINGS BUT WE AS INSTRUCTORS MUST COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND OFTEN THE DIFFERENCES.
“…firefighter deaths occurring inside structures has continued to climb over the past 30 years. Ventilation is believed to be a significant contributing factor to this continued climb in firefighter injuries and deaths”
UL is not the only ones who have discovered this connection. In Lt. Parker’s 2010 article he made it clear that of the top 25 factors present at firefighter fatalities ventilation was noted as number 3 overall but it was the top tactical factor.
If the objective is to reduce firefighter deaths inside structure fires we have been failing for the last 30 years. While it would be convenient to place the blame for this divergent trend on “modern fire behavior” I think we need to consider modern firefighter training and what is missing.
When we train our firefighters in non combustible structures with non combustible furnishings and finishes, we are training firefighters in fires which are fuel limited. No matter how we alter ventilation conditions it only changes the intensity at which the fuel package burns and will not lead to extension or true flashover. This has lead to a collective INEXPERIENCE with the effects of ventilation on fire conditions. “Opening up” in these structures and training scenarios is without consequence. Putting a fan on fires in these conditions will be without consequence. If these points are omitted from the training evolution the performance in practice will become practice on scene and the outcome may be drastically different.
It would be easy for us to watch this video and be critical of the way he keeps the door open while calling for the window to be taken however, this action of opening up in the presence of worsening conditions is how they were trained. That mind set is how I was initially trained; an open fire building was a clearer and safer fire building. In a natural product (pallet/excelsior based) fuel limited fire this is absolutely true. Opening up will intensify the burn of the fuel package leading to a cleaner more complete (less smoke) burn and the greater number of openings allows avenues for the smoke to escape all while there is no threat for extension.
This is not a post to push people towards door control firefighters and smoke curtains or anti ventilation protocols. Many of our traditional methods of fire attack are working fine as long as the firefighters know what to expect and how to deal with changes. The biggest problem is not how we are operating it is the context in which our gauges are set. In fuel limited fires and training scenarios we have all the time in the world to act, the fire will not grow beyond the package. This is where we are failing our firefighters, the sense of urgency and necessity of action, working with speed and purpose is essential because in the real world things get real, real quick.
Some of us have learned the hard way that in a real structure fire where synthetic fuel is unlimited and readily available for extension, ventilation will not only intensify the original fuel package but it will begin to involve more fuel packages and in the case of synthetic fuels create more smoke which is just additional fuel being dispatched throughout the structure.
Another example of crews operating how they were trained. The video even makes a clear statement that “the crews did nothing wrong”; operating as they were trained and within department policy, a policy that has since changed. Operating with a tactic that works well in burn buildings, NFPA 1403 compliant live burns, or in fires that are completely extinguished or fully compartmentalized and vented. My question is how much longer or how many more close calls will it take for others to change? How much longer will we claim our objective is to make fire attack safer while omitting the fact that we are force feeding the “modern” (vent limited) fire air.
To those who argue that the information is still new or that there are people out there promoting positive pressure attack success, this is a nice throwback. Almost 10 years ago the two paramount PPV instructors made very clear the risks and precautions.
From “Pressure Precepts” Fire Chief Magazine December 2006
Battalion Chief Kriss Garcia & Battalion Chief Reinhard Kauffmann Salt Lake City Fire
“As incident commanders turn to positive-pressure as part of their firefighting attack strategy, the potential for injuries rises.”
“ A recent NIOSH report underscores the importance of completely understanding the precautions required to safely use PPV. ‘Unless PPV has been started in coordination with the initial attack , it shouldn’t be initiated until all interior crews have exited the structure’.”
“There are many PPV situations where precautions are necessary. Firefighters should watch out for the following situations:”
When there are or is the potential for victims, or firefighters standing at windows or other exhaust openings.
When firefighters have entered the structure prior to the PPV being used.
When backdraft conditions are observed
When exhaust openings cannot match fire loading
When exposures may be threatened by “blow torching”
Allow for 60 to 90 seconds of PPV prior to attack operations
The UL Study is not new information, it is repeating the same message. ARE WE GOING TO START LISTENING?
If it is clear that the structure fires we are responding to are ventilation limited then our objective should be to get better at fighting ventilation limited fires. If we only have fuel limited fire scenarios to work with than we to be that much more diligent in ensuring that the setting isn’t controlling the experience and operation, we as knowledgeable instructors are.
Why collectively and nationally are we not attempting to take the information clearly presented in these documents and make it our objective to improve the understanding of fire behavior, no longer standing for those who are omitting it, putting citizens, property and firefighters at greater risk.
I wish this was limited to ventilation and we could stop the discussion here but it doesn’t. I get sick to my stomach when I hear recorded radio traffic prior to mayday’s where firefighters are reporting “heavy smoke and high heat” but there is no water flowing. Our fire attack training has been equally compromised through fuel limited fire training. Look no further than the picture above and see how low volume attack lines, concerns over water damage or statements like “don’t flow water until you see fire” infect our membership.
The objective of the flashover chamber is to provide firefighters an opportunity to observe more realistic fire behavior however once again if clear description is not provided, misapplication of the message runs rampant. In the flashover chamber short bursts of water are used to maintain the fire in a marginal state. Since the objective is to observe fire behavior applying too much water would extinguish the fire and stop the lesson. The short bursts of water are a fire management tool. All it takes is for one person to tell a group of wide eyed students that these short bursts of water or “penciling” is CONTROLLING flashover without providing the full context and this becomes their idea of what should be done if they ever find themselves in a pre-flashover situation rather than fully opening and continuously operating the nozzle until through cooling has been achieved.
With that said it is possible to make training more real. We KNOW smoke is fuel and that it will travel through out the structure. We KNOW that just because we can’t see fire doesn’t mean that it isn’t there. We KNOW that the only way to prevent flashover is to cool the environment rapidly. Unfortunately since it takes education to understand this and some work to alter buildings these extremely critical points are not being incorporated into training exercise where firefighters are developing experience.
It is as simple as hanging pallets from the ceiling and suspending a fuel package which is what hot and buoyant smoke from synthetic materials burning would be. Is there risk in training for one of those pallets to fall on to an advancing firefighter? Yes, but you must decide if that risk is greater then sending them out into a world where their experience in training might just be a complete mismatch for reality.
SLICERS has taken a beating for the “cooling from a safe location” component, but once again maybe we need to ask why. In the video above the firefighters are cooling from a safe location. They are flowing on their way to the fire room, cooling the environment and interior surfaces to reduce the potential for the radiant heat they are communicating from contributing to a flash over. These are well educated firefighters, training in context. If a firefighter’s only experience is in the gas feed prop above the there is no need to flow in a hallway, in fact there is no need to flow any water until you are on the prop so therefore flowing water into a window on to that prop might be “fast water” to them. This once again is not the fault of the firefighters it is just their experience and understanding based on that experience, they have not had the experience or had the facilitator of that training experience make it clear that fuels other than that single target might be involved.
This rant could continue all day, my point remains that we as instructors and shapers of future generations in this fire service need to speak in complete sentences.
“A wide fog pattern will provide protection on approach of a gas fed fire outside. This principle does not apply to the interior of a structure where your surroundings are also fuel.”
“Today you will not see fire when you enter the front door but you will be flowing water as soon as you get in as if it were there”
Classrooms are filling every day from coast to coast for anything with the words “Modern Fire Behavior” in the title. It seems to be a key objective nationally to get this information out to anyone who wants it. Let us make sure that what is being gathered and communicated on paper is not being omitted from practice otherwise it is all just lip service.
May 23, 2016 BrianEBrush Uncategorized
The Complete Halligan Guide
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January 25, 2016 BrianEBrush Training
Search It Hard From The Yard
Today I am going to attach a cart to the band wagon. I believe the current politically correct term is exterior stream application; street critics are referring to it as “hitting it hard from the yard”. Where you stand on the concept is not important because my request is not for you to take a position, it is for you to take something into consideration.
Next time you arrive on scene, look at a picture, fire video, or participate in a simulation where you are thinking about exterior stream application I challenge you to consider exterior search initiation. The “scientifically” supported argument that so many are swinging around to launch fire attacks from the exterior as soon as possible should be directly applied to launching searches. We can always assume that the fire will be knocked down quickly and searches will be underway, but why delay? If we are applying water from the outside does it mean at that moment there is some reason we are unable to apply water from the inside. Is that reason just because of access for the line? Is there other simultaneous options of access for the search?
Working fire out the front door and bay window of a split-level single family dwelling, egress for occupants cut off.
Are you going to flow water from here? Are you going to search from here?
Working fire, living room and porch of a single story single family dwelling well involved.
Are you going to flow water from here? Can you search simultaneously from sides or the rear?
Working fire into the open stairwell of a multi- family dwelling, egress for occupants cut off.
The V in VES stands for vent but VES starts with victims because it puts building occupants, our charges, first. No study is needed to prove that the faster a human is removed from the interior of a structure fire the better their odds of survival. VES is not a big city or cowboy tactic, it takes just a few members and is the most direct route to high likelihood victim locations, quickly isolating and removing them from fire conditions. See Searching for Opportunity
Some people would view Vent Enter Search as an advanced skill, I am surprised how few departments actively train or plan for the operation. I believe it is the best place to begin your initial search training because it is perfect for forging the fundamentals. 1. VES stresses the importance of searching from the greatest threat out by sending firefighters first to control the door. 2. VES drives home the importance of knowing your egress. 3. VES challenges our minds to consider room layout from the outside so we can anticipate from our entry point (the window) which wall has the door I want to control. 4. Due to the limited area a VES search is typically performed by a single member. This helps with initial skill and technique development because each member is relying on themselves for orientation and quality of search 5. Finally, due to the small area being searched repetitions will be high which accelerates technique development and skill confidence.
To summarize this rant I would ask that if VES is not something you are actively discussing or practicing at your agency but conversations about transitional attack and door control are, push the issue. Our tactics exist as means to protect lives and property so start these conversations with lives and property. They are our reason. With the proliferation of discussion on this new research it is the season for solidifying the need to embrace a tried and true method not dismissing it any longer. SAY YES TO VES!
March 5, 2015 BrianEBrush Training
Parapet Practices
The back of a commercial occupancy typically provides the best roof access for aerial ladders. Less customer parking (obstruction), fewer windows and doors to work around and parapet walls are not as common. Most commercial signage and aesthetic architecture is in the front of the structure allowing for simple access to the roof in the back.
The back side of a commercial structure can also have limited access for apparatus due to an alley, loading docks, or even just trash receptacles. Newer commercial construction in neighborhoods is being held to higher standards and parapet walls may wrap the entire structure to hide the sight and sound of roof top units from neighboring residential communities
In short I am setting you up; there are just as many reasons the back of an occupancy will provide good access as there are reasons it will hinder operations. With that said, if we don’t prepare for the unexpected, the unexpected is what we will find when the time comes so try hitting your commercial occupancies with ground ladders in training.
When aerial access is limited at a commercial structure ground ladders are consumed quickly. Larger occupancies with built up roofs will demand more resources pure and simple. Even if a commercial occupancy has good aerial access, an aerial ladder is still only one ladder. With more resources operating on a roof with a larger footprint, the more means of access and egress must be provided. It is here is where we are seeing some of the greatest short comings in ground laddering.
Truck 1 arrives and is assigned to go to the roof on a commercial occupancy. The crew is trained to use the aerial for this operation and as the driver is setting up the stick or the bucket, the rest of the crew is assembling tools and planning for a potential flat roof vent.
With the stick up, the crew is headed up as not to delay the ventilation but when they reach the top of the wall they find a 6′ parapet and need to drop a roof ladder into place to access the deck. The already busy truck officer now makes a request to the IC to have the next in company throw a secondary means of egress for them but the parapet information is not relayed. E4 arrives, throws a 35′ from the truck to the roof and walks away. Did they improve the situation for Truck 1 with the 1 ladder?
The answer is NO! In the presence of a substantial parapet wall on a flat roof, every single access/egress point will need 2 ladders to serve any purpose. One from the ground to the wall and one to transition to the roof. If you are in a department with just a couple, or no truck companies this message needs to be communicated out to all crews who may find themselves with an assignment to support roof operations by providing secondary means of egress ladders. As a whole the fire service has really latched on to roof ladders being a peaked roof tool because of the hooks. It is frustrating to see how often they can be utilized as a straight ladder on the fire ground but aren’t. It is even more frustrating when “roof” ladders are not going to flat roofs. To avoid some frustration here is a simple drill and way to proactively address it.
Find a commercial structure in your area with a parapet wall that is at least the height of a firefighter so a ladder is required to transition in full gear with tools. Park the rig and leave it so you are only accessing with ground ladders. Part one of the drill is gathering equipment; just working through how the 2, 3 or 4 of you are going to carry the 2 ladders, let alone tools needed for a ventilation operation will spark some good discussion.
Part two of the drill is the laddering. For the most part this is a text book operation with one simple change. When using a roof ladder to transition on to a flat roof throw it tip down, butt up.
With the roof ladder thrown butt up the firefighter climbing the ladder doesn’t have to spin the ladder at the roof to wall transition.
Given the opportunity you should get out in your districts and pre-practice not just pre-plan at these locations. Look for scuppers or other visual clues that might key you in on parapet wall height or identify locations or sides of the structure where the the parapet wall is non existent or low enough that a ladder is not required
February 24, 2015 BrianEBrush Training
Attack Over Supply
Attention to detail is possibly one of the most under utilized tools in the fire service. This holds especially true when the masses begin to talk about Dragging hose, Forcing doors or Throwing ladders. The root words are pure work, not finesse. The unfortunate part is that in most cases technique, not power is the difference. In our rush to “Get’er dun” we run right past simple opportunities to make things more efficient, safer, and easier.
The idea of maintaining your forward moving line over all other line is a prime example. Just as with water moving through the line, the line moving through a building has friction loss. Floors, corners and doors can conspire against your advance, working and fatiguing you, potentially bringing it to a halt. The more hose we can get off the ground, walls and corners the easier it will move as these are those friction points.
We tend to be more cognizant of this when we are working inside; positioning ourselves to keep hose to the outside of a corner and off of the wall. Before we move inside, up stairs or off a landing this same focus provides the chance to take a few seconds to save us potentially minutes of work.
Loading hose with the forward moving attack line over the supply will create a hose roller effect, drastically reducing the friction of the advance.
Not only do you gain from the roll of hose passing over hose, the attack hose being raised just 2 or 3 inches at that point takes several feet of hose over all out of contact with the ground.
For the bigger line like a 2 1/2″ a simple pretzel style set up essentially pre-loads 75′ of hose in about a 25′ space and as you can see in this picture on the initial advance about 40′ of that first length will be riding on top of other hose or out of contact with the ground.
The 1 3/4″ hose allows for even greater manipulation and as you can see in the picture above 100 feet of hose is preloaded and less than 2″ of elevation at a single point has about 7′ of hose out of contact with the ground and moving forward on that supply “slider”.
Some of you may have been taught to use loops of hose to achieve the same result and in many cases they are helpful however when using lower pressure lines associated with 50psi nozzles vertical loops have the potential to collapse and become kinks if they are not being tended.
The same loops can serve the same benefit flat on the ground without as great of the kink risk as long as you ensure the attack is running over the supply and as the line is moved forward it slides over the top of other loops and pops it self out of the kink as the diameter collapses.
This firefighter is loading down the advancing line while he is loading the hallway putting all his advancing hose in contact with the carpet and adding the weight of all his stocked hose on top of it. A simple message on a small detail that could be a big help on your next stretch. Keep your attack over your supply!
Fire Streams and the Exponential Engine ...
Downloadable PDF version of this article available here: Fire Streams and the Exponential First Due Engine Company
By: Brian Brush
As of late I have been fielding a lot of questions regarding apparatus set up and nozzle selection. It is encouraging to see such an interest in one of our professional foundations. I believe it means that firefighters are taking greater ownership in decisions which may have been more recently dictated to their departments by savy vendors. I enjoy assisting firefighters work through nozzle studies and flow testing because I know the value of these processes to a department and its members.
In 2005 my department conducted a year-long fire stream and nozzle study; the information collected and changes made as a result of it have made our operations more efficient and our operators more knowledgeable. Since that study I have been fortunate enough to train and network with firefighters from around the country and at the highest levels of education and experience in engine company operations. I am still very much a student of the game and continue to learn on a daily basis. With that said there seems to be recurring questions in many of contacts I have had lately. I believe that I may be better able to answer them to the masses rather than one at a time. So settle in for a little bit of rambling or pick off sections that you are seeking.
Fire Streams
IFSTA will tell you that a fire stream is the “Stream of water or other extinguishing agent after it leaves the fire hose until it reaches the desired target.” To me this is too narrow of a view on the fire stream. The stream of water leaving the fire hose on its way to the target is the end result of a system from the source to the nozzle. If a group or department wants to evaluate their fire streams they must be willing to analyze all parts of that system for influence and change. If you are given the chance to lead or be a part of a fire stream evaluation process or nozzle study you will fail the opportunity if you get trapped in a smooth bore versus fog focus.
Pressure and Volume
We have established that the fire stream is the end result of a system but it is also combination of pressure and volume. As it pertains to the fire stream, pressure is the delivery vehicle and volume is the extinguishing power. My experience is that the relationship between these two is generally not given the attention it deserves. It should be revisited early in the conversation so you have a clear idea of your goals.
Let us start by discussing pressure; this simple concept seems to create the greatest turmoil in these processes. I like to review pressure in terms of necessary and unnecessary pressures. In order to deliver the goods (water) from the tank to the fire we need the right pump discharge pressure. The right pump discharge is the sum of necessary pressures. Necessary pressures include the friction loss, elevation loss or gain (+ or – 5psi per 10’) and the nozzle operating pressure.
Friction Loss Formula and Coefficients
FL = CQ2L
C = Coefficient of the hose
– (Per IFSTA) 1 ¾” = 15.5
– (Per IFSTA) 2 ½” = 2
Q = Gallons per minute divided by 100
L = Length of hose divided by 100
Example using IFSTA coefficients: Friction loss created by 150 GPM flowing through 100’ of 1 ¾”
FL= 15.5×1.52×1 (35 psi per 100’)
One of the first mistakes many of us make is the assumption that numbers presented in books are representative of our line operations. When we began to utilize flow meters and pressure gauges in our field testing one of the first things we discovered was that our pump charts were inaccurate. It took very little detective work for us to track it down to inaccurate hose coefficients.
Hose coefficients vary based on manufacture, construction materials, age of hose and the biggest factor is internal diameter. The IFSTA coefficients referred to above are derived from internal hose diameters true to the referenced sizes. We discovered, as many in the industry are reporting that the internal diameters of our hoses are larger than labled. For example our 1 ¾” lines are closer to 1.9” and our 2 ½” lines are closer to 2.75”. While this may seem “slight”, when it comes to friction loss the effects are significant. By taking an overall average of all flow tested hose of varying ages and manufacture we found our overall our 1 ¾” coefficient is actually 11.5 and our 2 ½” 1.4
How much difference does this make?
Example using actual coefficients: Friction loss created by 150 GPM flowing through an 1 ¾” line
FL = 11.5 x 1.52 x1 (25psi per 100”) 10 psi or 28% less
In the 2 ½” we see a similar difference.
Example using actual coefficients: Friction loss created by 250 GPM flowing through an 2 ½” line
FL = 1.4 x 2.52 x 1 (9psi per 100”) as compared to 12.5 per 100’ using the coefficient of 2. Again, a 28% reduction in the friction loss from expected to actual.
This is the first clarification of necessary versus unnecessary pressures. If you take the time to truly evaluate the system you may see the over pumping of lines by a considerable amount. It would be inaccurate to say that the above example equates to over pumping by 28% because as pressure is increased you may be increasing flow which will have an increased friction loss and so forth. What we can clearly correlate is that pumping the line beyond what is needed to meet the necessary pressures of the operation will result in an increase of pressure at the nozzle and therefore increase nozzle reaction
Nozzle Operating Pressure
The smooth bore nozzle may be viewed by some as “dated” by some but if you take a little deeper look at history you can see some very sound reasoning in the smooth bore nozzle.
Since we are discussing pressure we can begin with the operating pressure of the smooth bore which is a range from 40 to 60psi with 50psi as the optimal operation. This was important to our forefathers in the fire service as early pump systems were primarily lower pressure and could see significant fluctuations with more than one line being supported simultaneously. The solid stream and long tip provided accurate delivery of the fire stream at a great distance for firefighters with limited PPE.
As technology advanced, our pumps were able to provide higher and more consistent pressures. Lloyd Layman and various others brought the fog nozzle into the American fire service, vendors started to develop automatic nozzles and before we knew it there was a shift from a 50psi fire service to 100. Over the last 15 to 20 years an increasing number of firefighters and departments are beginning to question what has been gained by doubling our nozzle operating pressures. In many cases it is being discovered that for the most part the only true gain has been nozzle reaction which simply equates to more work on the nozzle firefighter.
“Arguments for and against the use of various nozzle designs often become nullified on the fire ground as crews find they cannot safely operate lines which exhibit high nozzle reaction forces” Captain David P. Fornell
Nozzle Reaction
There have been several studies done over the last 20 years into nozzle reaction and how it effects hose line operations. The goal of these studies has been to identify how much nozzle reaction firefighters can comfortably handle while still being able to effectively advance and manage a hose-line. A study by Paul Grimwood outlined three working limits; 1 firefighter (60 force/lbs), 2 firefighters (75 force/lbs), and 3 firefighters (95force/lbs). I have been fortunate enough to work with firefighters across the country on hoseline operations and I can tell you that with good technique, practice, improved fitness and continued work, firefighters can easily operate lines with nozzle reaction forces beyond the above working limits but overall these working limits are very accurate for the majority of firefighters and the median level of training.
Nozzle reaction is the resultant pounds force push back of the combined volume and pressure leaving the nozzle. The only way to alter nozzle reaction is to alter the volume (GPM) or the pressure. Many people have used a variety of methods to demonstrate nozzle reaction like fish scales and rope but the actual force is calculated using the formulas below. As a rough rule of thumb the pounds force of nozzle reaction for a 100psi nozzle is ½ of the GPM.
Fog Nozzle Reaction
NR = .0505 Q √NP
NR (Nozzle Reaction)
Q= Gallons Per Minute
NP = Nozzle Pressure
Solid Bore Nozzle Reaction
NR = 1.57 D2 NP
D = Diameter of tip
On this nozzle reaction chart we can see the amount of nozzle reaction associated with four very common 1 ¾” nozzles. You can also see the side by side comparison of a 150 GPM at 50psi fog with a 100psi automatic fog. Flowing the same GPM there is a nozzle reaction difference of 21 lbs. At 100 psi and 150 GPM the nozzle reaction of 76lbs is at the working limit of 2 firefighters. Here is where you need to question if your department sees this as necessary or unnecessary pressure.
With good practices and techniques, firefighters can work beyond the outlined nozzle reaction parameters above. Without those practices, nozzle reaction forces beyond 60lbs typically begins to reduce the effectiveness of the single firefighter nozzle operator.
This is a very important piece of the puzzle when purchasing equipment for the engine staffed with three. A three person engine company translates to a two member first due attack line. I have seen it time and time again where departments are training, purchasing and writing policy for staffing that they do not have.
If you have ever stretched a line from an engine to the second floor bedroom as the nozzle firefighter with only one other person you will discover instantly that you must learn to operate that nozzle without the luxury of a back up firefighter behind you to assist in countering nozzle reaction. The other member will almost always be working to tend the line through furniture, around corners and up stairs somewhere between your location and the front door.
If the 1 ¾” is your department’s “90% of the time” and your engine company staffing is three members, you must identify what your firefighters are comfortable with in regards to operating a line by themselves, it may be surprisingly less than you assume.
The most common example of this is when departments purchase 15/16” smooth bores for their 3 person engine companies without testing them or comparing them to the 7/8” tip and they end up with nozzle firefighters struggling. The 15/16” tip was born in New York City where lines are staffed with a nozzle firefighter, back up, and door man. It is too often lost on departments that when the duties of a back up firefighter and door man are put on one person they are not the only ones who end up working harder.
A Case Study In Nozzle Reaction and Function
The advertised benefit of an automatic nozzle is a “wide operating range without stream compromise” Without getting too in-depth; this is achieved through an internal compensatory spring that adjusts with flow to maintain a constant nozzle pressure and steam. This type of nozzle essentially puts the flow rate in the hands of the pump operator and in the absence of a set department standard this becomes a very concerning unknown.
Our department primarily has 3 person engine staffing. In 2005 when we wanted to see if a nozzle study was needed at our department one of the first steps was to take 10 different engine companies, have them deploy and flow a 1 ¾” attack line and record the pump discharge pressure. At that time our department was using a 100psi automatic nozzle on all 1 ¾” attack lines. From the data collected we found that our average flow from these lines was 100 GPM. When the pump operators were asked why they pumped at their selected pressures almost all responses were not flow related, they were firefighter related. Nearly every operator stated they under pumped the lines initially to make it easier on the nozzle firefighter and they would increase the pressure if they called for more water.
Within this information is a very important finding. Our pump operators were acutely aware of the challenges of high nozzle reaction and they were attempting to address them for the nozzle firefighter hydraulically. Unfortunately in their good intentions is a risky business of not only under pumping (pressure) but by design also under supplying (volume) those firefighters entering the structure.
The idea that a firefighter “can always call for more water” comes from the known that an automatic has that wide flow range. The reality is that the stream quality is maintained throughout that wide flow range and the nozzle operator typically does not identify one lacking volume. Additionally the nozzle firefighter knows that requesting more water increases pressure, making for a more difficult line to manage. As you can see these contributing factors all conspire together and that “call for more water” never comes.
Using the average of 100 GPM from that 100 psi automatic fog nozzle and the fog nozzle reaction formula, we discovered that our firefighters and operators have subconsciously shown that a nozzle reaction of 50lbs is a comfortable point. Since nozzle reaction is dictated by a combination of pressure and flow so it serves as the perfect point in the discussion to bring the two together.
With the finding that our firefighters felt most comfortable handling about 50lbs of nozzle reaction we had a starting point. The next step was to determine a target flow for our 1 ¾” attack lines as it was clear from this initial test that we did not have one. For the goal of the study we wanted to establish 150 GPM as the minimum flow for any interior attack lines.
Volume: A Starting Point
To begin to start talking about interior fire attack and target volume I think it is best to start the conversation with the line that most fire departments start with for fire attack. I am well aware that many departments use 1 ½” and 2” lines but most departments are using 1 ¾” as their “bread and butter” attack line. I will expand on this conversation later but at this point we will use the 1 ¾” as our starting point and my departments experience as a background.
Why 150 GPM? Nationally, 150 GPM has become the target flow for 1 ¾” attack lines. This
number comes from NFPA 1710 (Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression
Operations by Career Fire Departments). The standard outlines that the first two attack lines
in operation at any residential structure fire flow a minimum of 300 GPM combined. With the NFPA wording you could flow 100 GPM with your initial line and 200 GPM with a second line but the common sense approach and now industry standard has targeted 150 GPM as an interior attack standard.
Utilizing nozzle reaction parameters and a set minimum standard for volume, the rest of the process is relatively simple; find nozzles that flow greater than 150 GPM with nozzle reactions near 60lbs and put them in the hands of firefighters for them to find their preference.
Common 1 ¾” Attack Line Nozzles and Reaction Force
150 GPM at 50 PSI Fixed Gallonage Fog = Nozzle reaction force of 54lbs
7/8” Smooth Bore 161 GPM at 50 PSI = Nozzle reaction of 60lbs
15/16” Smooth Bore 185 GPM at 50 PSI = Nozzle reaction force of 69lbs
At the end of 2005, following a full year trail period with a variety of nozzles the preference of our firefighters was the 7/8” smooth bore with a flow of 161 GPM at 50 psi and a nozzle reaction of 60lbs. The second and third choices were close, with the 150 GPM at 50 psi fog and the 15/16” smooth bore with a flow of 185 GPM at 50 psi. Ultimately department heads decided we would change from the 100 psi automatic fog nozzles to 150 GPM at 50 psi fog and 15/16” smooth bores on all our 1 ¾” attack lines. The change was welcomed and our efforts to educate and improve operations were overall a success, however, today I would ensure we saw the idea through completely. In seeing other agencies struggle with the similar “buyer’s remorse” I hope a little more information may prevent it from happening to more.
The Fog Fixation
If a department has embraced a fog nozzle option at any point in recent organizational history it is very difficult to shift completely away from them. With sound parameters fog nozzles can easily meet the goals of improving engine company efficiency and reducing nozzle reaction. There are a few common trapping points that departments most often fall in with regards to making a nozzle change of this nature and keeping the fog as an option.
When a department that traditionally used 100 psi automatic nozzles faces these questions and challenges to reduce nozzle reaction they sometimes find the simplest answer is to just change to a low pressure automatic. It requires very little cultural change and if they feel a “wide flow range without stream compromise” has value, it keeps this as an option in operations.
The risk with changing to a low pressure automatic is that the treatment is only handling a single symptom; pressure. As long as “wide flow range” is an option, unknown or inadequate flow is an ever present threat. Low pressure fog nozzles for interior firefighting should have a fixed gallonage so that they provide the same volume indicators that a smooth bore does. With fixed gallonage nozzles, under pumped or kinked lines present with a poor or absent stream giving the nozzle firefighter pause before committing to an environment without appropriate GPM not compensating for and ultimately concealing it from them.
Fire departments that choose CAFS for some of their fire attack operations also often find themselves facing a bit of a challenge when it comes to fire stream selection. Most CAFS manufactures recommend that a 1” smooth bore tip be used for the optimal CAFS stream delivery. A 1” smooth bore on a 1 ¾” hose can make for a challenging line to manage. This often pushes these departments to using a “breakaway” or flip tip set up with a fog tip on top of the 1” smooth bore for exchange between the two. I see this as adding more complexity to the system. While the 1” tip may be the recommended tip size for CAFS I think it is incumbent on your organization to evaluate if this will truly work for your operations and staffing or if some give up in the quality of a foam stream may yield an overall safer and simpler operation like the use of a 7/8” smooth bore tip with a 150 GPM at 50 psi fog tip as a breakaway package that allows for greater versatility and more common operational field.
When departments elect to provide both a smooth bore and a low pressure fixed gallonage fog to their members it is important to aim for hydraulic parity. Our department selected the 150 GPM at 50 psi fog and the 15/16” smooth bore which provides the prime example of the hydraulic challenge for pump operators with two lines off.
200’ 1 ¾” Line Disparity:
50 psi Fixed gallonage fog at 150 GPM with a friction loss of 25 psi per 100’ = 100 psi pump discharge pressure
50 psi 15/16” Smooth bore at 185 GPM with a friction loss of 40 per 100’ = 130 psi pump discharge pressure.
Two lines off of the same panel with a 35 GPM and 30 psi difference between them.
This set up exceeds the NFPA standard of 300 GPM from two handlines by 35 GPM and the low pressure nozzles have a manageable nozzle reaction, the challenge comes in their combination. If the 15/16” tip is pulled first and the fog second you are essentially backing up your initial line with a lesser stream. As a pump operator any mix up between the two tips and you may be significantly over pumping one or under supplying the other. If you are intending on providing a smooth bore and fog option attempt to find hydraulic parity for target flow and pump operation.
Hydraulic Parity Examples
Example 1: Similar flow and similar nozzle reaction for a 200’ 1 ¾” attack line
50 psi Fixed gallonage fog at 150 GPM with a friction loss of 25 psi per 100’(2) = 100 psi pump discharge pressure matched with 50 psi 7/8” Smooth bore at 161 GPM with a friction loss of 30 psi per 100’(2) = 110 psi pump discharge pressure. Pump both lines to the higher 110 psi PDP, while the fog will be over pumped it has the overall lowest nozzle reaction at 54lbs force at 50 psi so even with the extra pressure will still maintain a very manageable line.
50 psi Fixed gallonage fog at 185 GPM with a friction loss of 40 psi per 100’(2) = 130 psi pump discharge pressure matched with 50 psi 15/16” smooth bore at 185 GPM with a friction loss of 40 psi per 100’(2) = 130 psi pump discharge pressure. True hydraulic parity both nozzles with the same GPM rating at the same operating pressure.
Example 2: Similar target pump discharge pressure different flow for 200’ 1 ¾” attack line
75 psi Fixed gallonage fog at 150 GPM with a friction loss of 25 psi per 100’(2) = 125 psi pump discharge pressure matched with 50 psi 15/16” smooth bore at 185 GPM with a friction loss of 40 psi per 100’(2) = 130 psi pump discharge pressure. Provides a lower or higher volume line selection option with the fog at a mid range pressure. Pump both lines to the higher pressure and see similar nozzle reaction forces and equal pump discharge pressure.
Volume: The Exponential Engine
I would say there are two questions I field more than any others when it comes to fire streams and apparatus set up. The first is, “How is your engine set up?” and the second, “How would you set up an engine”. I believe most the time people who ask the first question really want the answer to the second question. They are assuming that the way my fire department has the engine set up is the way I would want it if it was mine personally. Unfortunately, if you have been in the fire service for more than a day or two you should know that the power of line operators can be limited when it comes to purchasing, apparatus set up and “standardization”.
So rather than waste the explanation of how an engine is currently set up and what I would change I think it would be best to start with a blank sheet and explain one approach to setting up an a rig to maximize first due potential with the exponential engine approach.
As stated above, this is intended to address the masses and focus on first arriving engine operations. Before it is taken further I will explain my observation and therefore the context of today’s modern American engine company as it pertains to this piece.
– 3 person staffing (Operator, Officer, Firefighter)
– 2 person attack line (Officer, Firefighter)
– Water as extinguishing agent (No CAFS option)
– 500 gallon onboard tank
– 1 ¾” , 2 ½” and Engine mounted master stream as initial
attack options
Exponential Attack
In various firefighting and fire prevention documents you can find that given appropriate fuel and air a fire will double in size every XX seconds or minutes. I have seen it referenced as fast as 30 seconds and as long as 2 minutes. The difference in time of 30 seconds to 2 minutes has never bothered me too much as I see both as relatively fast, the point that always has stuck with me from that adage is the term “double in size”.
When I consider something doubling in size I think of exponential growth and I believe that if we view the fire as an enemy, exponential growth of the enemy’s force is a power curve that must be addressed swiftly and with dominance. I think that most engaged firefighters would agree with that point, but how we attack swiftly and with dominance has many forms when it comes to fire streams.
There are firefighters pushing for greater volume on all initial lines with the use of intermediate lines and tips like 15/16” and 1” tips on 2” attack lines. Others are advocating for immediate fire stream application for the exterior if there is an opportunity with an interior follow up to “reset the fire” and interrupt that exponential growth. All of these ideas have merit as they are people attempting to find the right solution for their agencies to address the modern fire environment. Among these ideas I would like to present one more way to combat exponential fire growth and that is with an exponential fire attack plan.
The idea of the exponential engine set up came to me while I was sitting in a class at FDIC being delivered by Chief Curt Isakason from Escambia County Fire Rescue. Chief Isakson was speaking about the importance of rapid water application and he instantly shifted my thinking when he began to discuss fire stream flows in terms of gallons per second versus gallons per minute.
Have you ever heard this before? “If you take the XXXX fire formula, a typical bedroom fire only takes 40 GPM to control. It is over kill to take a 150 GPM fire stream to such a minor fire” I know I have and it always frustrated me that this type of debate would even occur. To be honest I always struggled with articulating an sound counter until I began to consider the importance of exponential fire growth and gallons per second.
Say that a fire does in fact double in size every 30 seconds. If a current bedroom fire that takes 40 GPM to control doubles in 30 seconds, 30 seconds from now it requires 80 GPM and at 1 minute it requires 160 GPM. A 150 GPM stream is a 2.5 gallon per second stream. At 2.5 gallons per second, 40 gallons of water is delivered to that bedroom in just 16 seconds of operation. At 30 seconds of operation 75 gallons of water would be delivered to that room likely resulting in total room cooling not just fire control.
Chief Isakson’s message to shift the language fire streams to gallons per second could not be more appropriate. If the statement that a fire doubles in size every 30 seconds is wrong so be it, but you cannot argue that fire behavior in enclosed structures is changing faster than ever before and our windows of opportunity which were once measured in minutes have been reduced to seconds.
So if we are dealing with exponential fire growth, limited staffing and rapidly changing fire conditions the entire fire service should be evaluating their fire stream systems from the source to the nozzle not just a few inspired firefighters because we need to find ways to leverage our efforts at every point.
To provide a very brief overview before I expand on the idea, every engine company should be designed with a first due “Plan A” to attack whatever you have with all you have. Setting up a rig for with a plan for extended operations or waiting for the cavalry to arrive before you act only puts you closer to engaging a different fire than the one you are currently seeing (catch up). Variables will forever exist and nothing is set in stone but we are firefighters so plan for a fight.
1 ¾”
One of the biggest pushes out there is greater volume from initial lines. Many fire departments are choosing 15/16” smooth bores or 185 GPM fogs, some even experimenting with 2” hose and 1” tips for the foundation of their fire attacks. If training, district construction and staffing make these viable options great; you are taking big weapons to the fight early on.
In my experience the initial handline for residential fires (a room or rooms on fire) for most fire departments is the 1 ¾”.
The benefits of the 1 ¾” attack line is that it supports a good fire flow for these size fires and it is very maneuverable for working on the interior of smaller compartmentalized occupancies. I think it is important to play up these strengths of the 1 ¾” and be cautious of the diminishing returns that the 3 person engine company encounters when too much is asked of this line. If our minimum interior attack fire flow is 150 GPM then the key operational range for the 1 ¾” attack line is between 150 and 185 GPM. Working above this range in volume starts to creep into high friction loss ranges and nozzle reaction forces especially if nozzles are used with operating pressures greater than 50psi.
What is key to remember is that nozzle ratings are just “ratings”, when closed all nozzles flow 0. A 150 GPM or 2.5 gallon per second nozzle may seem “inferior” to one that flows 185 GPM or 3 gallons per second, but if the nozzle firefighter can comfortably flow that nozzle for 30 seconds at a time around a corner while actively playing it they are delivering 75 gallons to the fire environment. A nozzle firefighter that is struggling with a 185 GPM or 200 GPM nozzles that can only operate it for 10 to 15 seconds at a time without fatiguing, and has poor stream movement is potentially ineffectively applying only 30 to 50 gallons to the fire environment at a time.
This is why I think the foundational line of the exponential engine company should be the 1 ¾” line so it can be rapidly deployed and easily maneuvered into position in the fire building with a nozzle flowing 2.5 gallons per second from a 150 GPM at 50 psi fog or 7/8” smooth bore with a nozzle reaction of 60 lbs force or less.
“I will not dispute that 2 1/2-inch hose is difficult to use, but no combination of smaller hand lines can duplicate the volume, reach, and pure knockdown power of a single, well-placed 2 1/2-inch line.” Andy Fredericks
2 1/2″
At this point I don’t see the need to review ADULTS or get really detailed into when we should pull the 2 ½”. I think if you have hung on this long in the article you can recognize a fire that demands the 2 ½”. The struggle seems to come when the discussion shifts from when to how, especially with the 3 person engine. The most common concerns are that it is such a bigger and heavier line; in these concerns about the use are the keys to its use but we need to have more realistic expectations.
The 2 ½” attack line is not an 1 ¾” accept that and move on. The 1 ¾” is the lightweight fighter; it can skip around the ring quickly for all 12 and with great agility. The 2 ½” is the heavy weight fighter, it will move slower but with purpose, there can’t be wasted energy and it is hoping for a early knock out so it doesn’t have to go the distance. In short the 2 ½” can be used very effectively with limited staffing it will just be a little slower and for not nearly as long of an engagement but the punch it delivers is a big enough benefit that it is worth it.
Attack whatever you have with what you have and understand the purpose of gallons per second.
The series of pictures above is a single firefighter putting a 2 ½” attack line in to service on a working fire while his officer sets up the line for advancement after the knock down. The nozzle is an 1 1/8” smooth bore and the line operated for about 30 seconds from the parking lot before it was shut down and advanced into the stairwell for follow up. In that 30 seconds 132 gallons was delivered and it made a significant difference on that fire. While a second alarm was instantly called for on this fire, the quick action and rapid delivery of water prevented this fire from growing to the point where those resources were needed.
While working with another firefighter recently we reviewed this video and his comment was “That is a great example of using what you have. Too often we drive around in fire engines and act is if we don’t have tanks of water” His point, my point and Chief Isakson’s point is that if you view the 2 ½” as a 250 gallon per minute line then your thinking will inherently fall to flowing for minutes, and you will talk yourself out of using it because you believe you do not have the ability to support it. If you look above at the effect that 132 gallons delivered over 30 seconds had on that fire and you imagine your 500 gallon tank allowing for that kind of knock down to be followed up almost 3 more times you should see that you are not giving yourself near enough credit for your capabilities and you are just sitting on your opportunity to make a difference.
The above attack used an 1 1/8” smooth bore which flows 265 GPM or 4.4 gallons per second which is impressive but the idea of an exponential engine is exponential increases and we started with a 150 and 161 GPM line so the goal would be to put at least a 300 GPM 2 ½” into service as our next option delivering 5 gallons per second. In order to place a 300 GPM attack line into service nozzle selection is very limited. A 100psi fog nozzle delivering 300 GPM would have a nozzle reaction of 150lbs force and would be extremely difficult for any firefighter to utilize in anything other than a fully defensive position. At this time I am unaware of any manufactures making a 50 psi fogs over 300 GPM. At 50 psi the 1 3/16” smooth bore delivers 296 GPM or 4.9 gallons per second with 111lbs of nozzle reaction and the 1 ¼ smooth bore delivers 328 GPM or 5.5 gallons per second with 123lbs of nozzle reaction.
Of these tip choices I personally would feel comfortable with either as a weapon just as I would with the 150 GPM at 50psi fog or the 7/8” smooth bore on the 1 ¾” attack line. There is one thing I did find particularly interesting about the 1 3/16” tip when you apply our true 2 ½” friction loss coefficient compared to the 1 1/8” tip with the traditional IFSTA based coefficient.
Friction loss per 100’ of 2 ½” hose flowing 265 GPM from a 1 1/8” smooth bore tip using the IFSTA coefficient of 2 is 14 psi.
Friction loss per 100’ of 2 ½” hose flowing 296 GPM from a 1 3/16” smooth bore tip using actual coefficient of 1.4 is 12 psi
Technically if you are using IFSTA based coefficients and modern 2 ½” hose you could just go replace all the 1 1/8” tips on your attack lines with a 1 3/16” and you would be flowing over 300 GPM or 5 gallons per second from your lines without anyone even knowing. Furthermore the very low operating pressure you may find the opportunity to eliminate a step for your pump operator. It only requires a pump discharge pressure of 68 psi to flow a 150’ attack line with an 1 3/16” tip flowing right at 5 gallons per second. I have seen this operating pressure to be nearly idle for many modern fire pumps. Imagine if you set up a preconnected 5 gallon per second attack line to the point that it could be supported at idle. Imagine the speed which big water could be applied if all your pump operator would have to do when they got out of the cab would be to pull the tank to pump eliminating the need to throttle up.
I know we clearly outlined working limits for nozzle reaction and the fact that this plan is intended for the 3 person engine company but if you remember the challenges of a bigger heavier line are also the keys to its use.
When you are advancing or dragging a line, friction is your enemy because you want the line to move forward into position with as little resistance and work as possible. When you are flowing a line friction becomes you friend because you can use it to absorb and counter nozzle reaction. The bigger and heavier a line the more friction is present and well trained operators can capitalize on that friction to serve as a back-up man in absorbing and grounding nozzle reaction. Additionally the larger diameter hose creates a more solid pipe and allows for more line to be moved ahead of the body resulting in greater stream movement without exaggerated body movement.
In all these pictures the single operator is flowing between 265 and 300 GPM using line weight, the ground, a curb, wall or good body form to handle the higher nozzle reaction. As stated above this makes it a much less mobile line when compared to the 1 ¾” and it will most likely only be operated in a hit and move process but what is compromised in mobility is made up for in stream reach, punch and an extinguishing power that has been doubled without any staffing changes.
The Deck Gun
Deck gun might be a regional term, I have heard it called a monitor or the “Stang” but we are talking about the engine mounted master stream. Most engine mounted master streams fog, or a stack of smooth bore tips have a flow range of 500 to 1000 GPM.
In reviewing our progression, the 1 ¾” flowing 2.5 gallons per second is a rapidly deployed and highly mobile attack line for a room or rooms of fire. The 2 ½” attack line flowing 5 gallons per second is our heavy weight fighter looking for the big knockdown against the big opponent of a full residential floor on fire, commercial occupancy fire or any of the ADULTS situations. Finally we have the deck gun for those marginal situations where you arrive to find an entire building on fire and rapid application of your entire tank at 10 gallons per second is required to nuke the fires progress and prevent extension to exposure occupancies.
2.5 gallons per second doubled is 5 gallons per second. 5 gallons per second doubled is 10 gallons per second so our target rating for a deck gun would be 600 GPM. The point of picking 600 GPM as the target flow for the deck gun goes beyond just the goal to double the volume of our previous attack level. Engine mounted master streams outfitted with a series of stacked smooth bore tips are most commonly found with an 1 3/8”, 1 ½”, 1 ¾” and a 2” tip.
1 3/8” 500 GPM – 1 ½” 600 GPM – 1 ¾” 800 GPM – 2” 1000 GPM
When a smooth bore of these diameters are used as master streams the operating pressure is 80psi and because the apparatus is the platform of operation nozzle reaction is not needed to be considered. Most of the times I check engines with these stacked tips I find that the full stack is in place with the 1 3/8” on top. Two reasons for this are because they came that way or because the engine has a 500 gallon tank and to use a 500 GPM tip would give nearly a minute of operation before a supply is needed.
Once again this is thinking in minutes and trying to make what you have last over making what you have matter. I recommend the 1 ½” tip as the first up on the deck gun. Having tried this on a variety of different engines I have found this 10 gallon per second stream to be the highest volume, best quality stream that can be delivered strictly from tank supply. As you begin to move to the 1 ¾” and 2” tips a lot is being asked of the unsupported pump and internal plumbing and the lager tip size reduces the stream reach and pin point accuracy that you find in the 1 ½” tip.
Exponential Engine Summarized
There are hundreds of potential options and combinations for means of fire attack at the disposal of today’s firefighters; this approach is just one of them. My belief is that while there are hundreds of options, the three person engine can really only perform one action and this is one way to attempt to simplify and maximize the effectiveness of these actions.
It is difficult to try to find a point to stop this type of conversation because there is so much there is really so much that must be discussed. To be honest the goal of this piece is not to conclude anything, but to create more and deeper conversation on the topic. The few pages of opinion thrown down here will hopefully just lead you to investigate ideas and thousands of pages of real information from Lloyd Layman, Andy Fredericks, Dave Fornell, Aaron Fields, Dennis Le Gear and Curt Isakson. If you take nothing else from this it should be that blind acceptance is dangerous and inquiry is powerful. Find out why you are using what you are using, how it works, and what opportunities exist to make things better.
The Risk for Ground Ladder Rescues at Mu...
On January 16th 2007, at 0047 hours Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) was dispatched to a reported fire in an apartment building. Three minutes later, the first district chief arrived and immediately requested a second and third alarm when dozens of occupants were observed at windows and balconies (Royal, 2009). “We addressed the obvious challenge and priority of the life safety need by calling for an ‘all hands’ rescue” (Royal, 2009). In reviewing the article of lessons learned from the Castle West Apartment Fire in Colorado Springs, 85 occupants were rescued by ground ladders and none were removed by aerial ladders.
While laddering is traditionally considered a truck company function, the experience of the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) at the Castle West Fire shows that most if not all ladder rescue work will be performed with standard ground ladders and the immediacy of an “all hands rescue” situation will be placing all companies arriving with ladders to work.
The first three companies to arrive on scene at the Castle West Fire made 40 ladder rescues.
Nine apparatus from the first three alarms were dedicated to ladder rescues and responsible for removing a total of 85 occupants via ground ladders (Royal, 2009). The 85 occupants rescued from upper floors represent 25% of the buildings total residents (Royal, 2009).
The incredible challenge of rescuing 85 occupants from a building by ground ladders at a single incident is unique, however, the act of rescuing occupants by ground ladders at multi-family dwellings is much more common. In the first four months of 2014, 117 rescues by ground ladders from multi-family dwellings were reported to www.firefighterrescues.com (http://www.firefighterrecues.com).
Nine fire incidents at multi-family dwelling fires resulted in more than 5 rescues on each scene
65% of fires at multi-family dwelling fire where ground ladder rescues were reported had multiple rescues (http://www.firefighterrecues.com).
(Data was collected from 01/2014 to 04/2014)
There were several multi-family dwelling fires which would meet the “all hands rescue” situation described by Royal(2009) where as many as 10 civilians were removed via ground ladders. To see 117 documented ladder rescues from multi-family dwelling fires in the first 121 days of the year through a voluntary reporting system would present the case that on average at least 1 civilian is rescued everyday by firefighters with ground ladders in the United States. Ground ladder rescues should be a scenario every operational member of every fire department in the United States should be drilling on and preparing for especially if your district is one with multi-family dwellings.
Information like this, and the high percentage of multi-family dwellings in my first due area sparked an interest in researching the topic of ground ladder rescues at multi-family dwellings further. The plan to take both an operational and more academic approach through the use of a National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Applied Research Project. Through the process I discovered a great deal of information specific to my department and in-particular the very common suburban 3 story multi-family dwelling which leads me to believe that it is not a matter of if but when your next fire will present with an all hands rescue situation.
It is my hope that through sharing this information you may be able to draw from it information that will directly apply to your department and operations or at least provide you with an example of a process to evaluate the risk for ground ladder rescues at your district’s multi-family dwellings.
Our Fire Problem
Multi-family dwellings in our area house an average of 3.5 persons per unit. Compare this to a standard single family dwelling with an average of 2.23 occupants per structure for the district. With many buildings averaging well over 30 units this would places the equivalent of an entire single family residential neighborhood at risk in one building fire. 26% of our district’s population resides in multi-family dwellings and responses to these occupancies account for 32% of the districts 30,000 alarms.
In the calendar year of 2012 my department had 53 working fires in multi-family dwellings. This accounts for just under 30% of the district’s total working fires
Of these 53 fires 75% had a point of origin above the first floor
On average our firefighters are responding to a working structure fire in a multi-family dwelling once a week. The fact that the floor of origin is also most commonly above the first floor presents a greater risk of entrapment to citizens in our district who live in these occupancies.
A working fire in one high density residential structure can present with an equivalent life hazard to an entire neighborhood of single family dwellings. As an organization my department identified the increased risk for and severity of fires in multi-family dwellings and attempted to address them. In 2010 the department increased the response to working fires in these occupancies by adding an additional truck company to the initial dispatch.
In the last 5 years 80% of the our fires which exceeded the initial alarm assignment were in multi-family dwellings
This internal data shows that even with attempted solutions, the demands of these incidents continue to outpace initial responding resources and do so statistically more than any other occupancy type. The tactical demands of incidents at these occupancies are one piece of a hazard assessment, the true life hazard present at these occupancies should also be evaluated
Beyond the statistical data for our organization there is a great deal of research into the topic of fires at multi-family dwellings. In a 1997 report from the Federal Emergency Management Agency titled the Socioeconomic Factors and the Incidence of Fire, several points are addressed which clearly demonstrate why multi-family dwellings are a higher risk occupancy for fire than other dwellings. The report begins by presenting the fact that nationally, over 66% of all residential fire causes are human related and that evaluation of the socioeconomic factors are the best known predictors of fire rates at the neighborhood level (Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA], 1997).
Ownership of property plays a significant role in the increased risk of fire at multi-family dwellings. These units are primarily rented and not privately owned occupancies. Fire rates in areas with low individual home or property ownership have been determined to be more than two times that of areas with high home ownership (United States Fire Administration, 1997, p. 5)
Low vacancy rates translate to a low supply of housing and in the multi-family category this is a low supply of affordable housing for low income families which can result in overcrowding of the available units. In the most densely populated areas of our district the multi-family dwelling vacancy rate of 3.2% is the lowest for suburban communities surrounding the City and County of Denver (Throupe & Von Stroh, 2013). The incidence of fire is two to three times higher in housing tract areas ranked high on crowding (United States Fire Administration, 1997)
“Virtually every study of socioeconomic characteristics has shown that lower levels of income are either directly or indirectly tied to and increased risk of fire.”(United States Fire Administration, 1997, p. 2)
According to the Denver Metro Area Apartment Vacancy and Rent Survey which reviews multi-family dwelling occupancy rates the average rent for the same area is $841.84 a month (Throupe & Von Stroh, 2013). This is the second lowest of all reported neighborhoods and over $150.00 a month lower than the Denver Metro Average of $992.89 (Throupe & Von Stroh, 2013).
“In most urban areas the lowest income units are in the oldest most run-down portion of the city’s housing stock. Living in an older poorly maintained housing unit raises a households risk for fire for several reasons.”
• Poor maintenance of systems, heating and such which increases mechanical malfunction and the risk of fire.
• Dated electrical wiring systems are typically overloaded by modern technology and alternative strategies increase electrical fire risk.
• Households may be forced to compensate for poor systems of construction with stop gap measures such as space heaters.
• Construction in these areas is typically before modern building codes and enforcement with very little retrofitting. (United States Fire Administration, 1997, p. 12)
Housing quality and age of dwellings is expanded on as a significant factor in the risk of and severity of fires. The USFA estimates that 92% of dwellings built since 1981 have working smoke detectors. The estimate for dwellings constructed prior to 1980 is only 74% (United States Fire Administration, 1997). For the City of Lakewood there is a marked difference in the vacancy rates in housing built prior to 1980 versus that which was built after 1981. Within Lakewood multi-family dwellings built before 1980 have the lowest vacancy rate at 2.7% compared to 1981 to present with a 4.4% vacancy rate (Throupe & Von Stroh, 2013). As data collection and initial investigation begins to demonstrate the fire risk in multi-family and contributing factors begin to compound in areas with increased density and socioeconomic challenges.
Thirty-one percent of multi-family dwelling fires extend beyond the unit of origin (USFA, 2012). Common stairwells to multiple units in multi-story occupancies are vulnerable to exposure especially when the fire apartment door is left open and products of combustion rise through these channels. In regards to the interior of the multi-family units, 90% of firefighters who I questioned in an online poll, reported that from the front door of the unit the kitchen area was open to, or between the front door and the sleeping areas. These two findings are significant factors in occupant egress during fire events. Cooking fires are the leading cause of multi-family dwelling fires at 69%. Cooking areas and kitchens are the primary areas of origin for non-confined multifamily dwelling fires at 33% (United States Fire Administration [USFA], 2012).
Center hall apartment design is another example of a factor which would increase the risk for ground ladder rescues during a working fire. Center hall construction in these apartments is accessed by open stairwells on opposite sides of the building and a common center hallway for access to each unit. This construction feature presents great risk to all occupants of the building in the event that the door to a fire unit is left open the products of combustion will quickly fill the common hallways and stairwells. Without balconies, these occupants have no other means to escape other than a ladder to a window in the event hallways and stairwells are blocked by fire or smoke. Center hall construction was reported as a key contributing factor to the severity of the Castle West Apartment Fire in Colorado Springs in 2007, where 85 occupants were rescued by ground ladders (Royal, 2009). The open stairwells to the common hallways allowed for free and possibly accelerated fire spread which almost immediately trapped nearly all the residents (R. Royal, personal communication, March 8, 2014). This construction feature continues to be a rescue problem for Colorado Springs Fire Department. In the first quarter of 2014 they have rescued 17 civilians by ground ladders from center hall design apartment fires (R. Royal, personal communication, March 8, 2014)
In a survey of our members 65% percent described apparatus access to these occupancies as “poor,” and 30% as “good”. When asked “If a significant fire occurred in a multi-family dwelling in your district what would be the best means for evacuating residents?” 60% responded standard egress and 30% responded ground ladders (Brush, 2014). While aerial ladder was an option it was not selected by any of the members questioned. At the Castle West Apartment fire in Colorado Springs, 85 residents were rescue by ground ladders representing 25% of the dwellings population. Not a single person was removed by aerial ladder.
For my fire district the most common multi-family dwelling is a 3 story building. If we take this information, the fact that most rescues will be made with ground ladders and the experience of CSFD and other departments the had “all hands” rescues at these occupancies we can truly focus on a specific ground ladder package, the 14′ and 16′ straight ladders and the 24′ and 28′ extension. My department primarily uses the 24′ and 14′ package on our engine companies, increasing to the 16′ roof on trucks and a 35′ or 45′ extension. While theoretically these ladders meet the floor and sill heights of these structures, experience will tell you otherwise.
Captain Vern Scott of Denver Fire Department Truck Company 15 explained in a phone interview that due to the high density three and four story multi-family dwellings in his response district, he worked through the equipment request process to change out the two 24 foot ladders that are standard for DFD truck companies for a 28 foot extension ladders (V. Scott, personal communication, January 6, 2014). Through his experience he found that while four feet is perceived to be a small difference it is consistently the difference in making the tip to a balcony railing or to a fourth floor window sill in the presence of a garden or walk out level (V. Scott, personal communication, January 6, 2014).
(Avillo, 1999)
Due to the climbing angle of ladders a rule of thumb for the working length for ground ladders less than 35 feet is 1 foot less than the total length and two feet less for ground ladders over 35 feet (Avillo, 1999). The graphic above uses common residential floor and window sill heights found in multi-family dwellings to demonstrate the target height of a third floor window at 26 feet. This would be out of the working length reach of a 24 foot ladder which is 23 feet but within normal operation of a 28 foot extension ladder with a working length of 27 feet.
Castle Rock Fire Department (CRFD) also adjusted the ladder compliments of the engine companies. The industry standard ground ladder compliment for engine companies is a 14 foot roof ladder, 24 foot extension and 10 foot folding ladder (Shand & Wilbur, 2013). The CRFD apparatus committee for the new purchases elected to outfit all engine companies as well as the quint with 28 foot extension ladders and 16 foot roof ladders. The change to 28 and 16 foot ladders not only increases the reach of the ladders in these categories but also in width, making them a better tool for effecting rescues (O. Bersagel-Briese, personal communication, May 16, 2014). The CRFD was also specific about the manufacturer of their selected ladders. As displayed in the chart below the service test rating is set by NFPA and is the same for all ladders yet there is a marked difference in weight and a slight difference in the width.
(Alco Lite Ladders, 2014) (Duo Safety Ladders, 2014)
A great deal of attention is being placed on the research of extinguishment and ventilation, both of which I support. I believe that these types of processes in critical thinking and review of our problems and operations should be the way we approach everything we do. An improved understanding of potential and purpose will make us all better performers and give those we serve a better chance. What is presented here is just a short summary of the full research paper recently published to the National Fire Academy Learning Resource Center. This paper is just one piece of my work on ground ladders and has only served to increase my interest and purpose in pursuing more. If you are interested in taking a more in depth look at the paper you can find it here: Out of Reach? Evaluating the risk for ground ladder rescues at multi-family dwelling fires
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18.19 Dionysus Was Such A Nice Man
18.19 Romeo and Juliet
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17.18 Passing Strange
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16.17 When the Rain Stops Falling
15.16 The Christians
15.16 An Octoroon
15.16 The Hard Problem
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14.15 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
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2013 My Dinner with Dito: A How to be Gay Cabaret
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Alison Ehrenreich, Community Relations and Marketing Manager
AEhrenreich@wilmatheater.org
What if all of the white actors in your play quit?
What if you wanted to be sold because your new master let you eat shrimp instead of pig guts?
What if it was a new idea that murders could be solved by photographic evidence?
What if you can’t afford a therapist?
What if you put a baby in blackface?
What if you missed your chance to run away because you overslept?
What if you were just trying to write a play about a rabbit and everyone kept calling him a symbol?
“This is a powerful and slippery piece of art, one that hinges on raw, raucous, and energetic momentum—on approaching race head-on and asking questions no one wants to answer,” said Director Joanna Settle of Branden-Jacobs Jenkins’ play An Octoroon, which Settle will direct at The Wilma Theater this March. “There are so many things that you ‘aren’t supposed to say’ in today’s society, and people have gotten paralyzed about how to have a conversation: I’m skeptical of that.” Settle responded immediately to the play, “an almost muscular response; it hits very hard as a big, race-driven party, moving into all the secret corners of race and gender.” In Settle’s production, An Octoroon’s characters are barreling towards a moment of crisis. "America is a great idea. It often goes horribly wrong."
An Octoroon begins on Wednesday, March 16, 2016; and opens on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Critics and members of the press are invited to attend Press Night on Wednesday, March 23, at 7:30pm. For ticket arrangements, contact Ryanne Domingues at rdomingues@wilmatheater.org or 215.893.9456 x109.
Obie Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins takes the plot of Dion Boucicault’s 1859 antebellum melodrama, The Octoroon, and smashes it with a 21st century sensibility. Presented through the eyes of the onstage playwright BJJ, this pre-Civil War tale set in the Deep South tells of a slave owner’s affections for a woman whose blood is one-eighth Black. Ignited by Joanna Settle’s bold direction, the production will feature choreography by Ayo Jackson and original music by ILL DOOTS to create a theatrical event that is equally hilarious and moving, subversive and provocative. The Wilma’s An Octoroon promises to be ripe for audience conversation around race in today’s society, and the role that theater plays with this dialogue.
An Octoroon is fueled by live music performed onstage by Philadelphia band ILL DOOTS, whose artistic mission to “change the way our communities respond to and value music, art, and life” aligns closely with Settle’s aim to provoke frank discussions around the play. Settle’s previous collaboration with ILL DOOTS was another racially-charged project: the world premiere of Flashpoint Theatre Company’s Hands Up: 6 Playwrights, 6 Testaments, garnered a Barrymore Award for best original music. Local actor and playwright James Ijames—who recently received an Honorable Mention for the Kessilring Playwriting Prize for his play The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, and the Terrence McNally New Play Award for the development of his play White—will be taking on the role of BJJ, Jacob-Jenkins’ fourth-wall-breaking black playwright protagonist. In keeping with Settle’s aim to use this production to spearhead conversations about race within the greater Philadelphia community, several members of An Octoroon’s cast will serve as teaching artists, leading pre-show discussions in local schools before students attend matinees of the production here at the Wilma. A record number of students will also be participating in Wilmagination, the Wilma’s fully subsidized educational outreach program, through in-school residencies around An Octoroon in Philadelphia public high schools.
About the Playwright:
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ plays include Gloria (Vineyard Theatre), Appropriate (Obie Award; Outer Critics Circle Nomination; Signature Theatre), Neighbors (The Public Theater), An Octoroon (Obie Award; Soho Rep, Theatre for a New Audience) and War (Yale Rep). Branden is currently a Residency Five playwright at the Signature Theater. His work has been seen at Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Victory Gardens Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theater, The Matrix Theater in LA, Mixed Blood Theater in Minneapolis, CompanyOne in Boston, and the HighTide Festival in the UK. He is under commissions from Lincoln Center/LCT3, MTC, Center Theater Group and Steppenwolf. Honors include a Paula Vogel Award, a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, a Helen Merrill Award, and the inaugural Tennessee Williams award. He has taught at NYU and Queens University of Charlotte and holds an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU and a B.A. from Princeton University. Graduate of the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwrights Program at The Juilliard School.
About the Director:
Joanna Settle most recently directed Hands Up with Flashpoint Theater; Rapture, Blister, Burn for The Wilma Theater; and Jaime Leonhart’s Estuary at Joe’s Pub and The Kimmel Center. Other credits include Family Album by Stew and Heidi Rodewald (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Harry Clarke by David Cale (Warhol Museum); Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare on the Sound); The Total Bent by Stew and Heidi Rodewald; Winter Miller’s In Darfur, the finale of Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays, Stephen Brown’s Future Me (The Public Theater). She directed the premiere of Heather Raffo’s Nine Parts of Desire for Manhattan Ensemble Theater and restaged the production for The Geffen Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, MassMOCA, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Arena Stage; directed and/or adapted 15 of Chicago’s Division 13 Productions 17 projects, including BLOOD LINE: The Oedipus/Antigone Story, two plays by Sophocles, Macbett by Ionesco, and several Samuel Beckett shorts including Cascando and Play. Other Credits: Artistic Director, Shakespeare on the Sound (2009-2012); Artistic Director of Division 13 (1998-2004). Teaching: Director of the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Education: BA, Hampshire College; graduate of the inaugural Julliard School Graduate Directing Program.
Cast and Design Team:
An Octoroon’s cast includes Aaron Bell (Wilma Theater debut) as Br’er Rabbit/Captain Ratts, Taysha Canales (The Hard Problem) as Dido, Jaylene Clark Owens (Wilma Theater debut) as Minnie, James Ijames (Angels in America, Parts One and Two) as BJJ/George/M’Closky, Justin Jain (Antigone) as Assistant/Pete/Paul, Alina John (Wilma Theater debut) as Grace, Maggie Johnson (Wilma Theater debut) as Dora, Campbell Meaghan O’Hare (Rapture, Blister, Burn) as Zoe, and Ed Swidey (Antigone, Hamlet, Our Class) as Playwright/Wahnotee/LaFouche.
The artistic team includes Set Designer Matt Saunders (The Hard Problem; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; Hamlet; Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq), Costume Designer Tilly Grimes (Wilma Theater debut), Lighting Designer Thom Weaver (The Hard Problem; Rapture, Blister, Burn; The Real Thing), Sound Designer Zachary Beattie-Brown (Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead), and Choreographer Ayo Jackson (Wilma Theater debut). Philadelphia-based band ILL DOOTS will be playing onstage in the production. The production’s resident stage manager is Patreshettarlini Adams, and its production manager is Clayton Tejada.
Special Events and Opportunities:
College Night: Wednesday, March 16, 6:30pm
College students are invited to join classmates and meet students from other colleges and universities for a complimentary pre-show reception. Before the show they can enjoy food, friends, and win prizes!
Beer Tasting pre-show reception with Naked Brewing Company: Friday, March 18, 7pm
Join us for a pre-show beer tasting in our lobby from 7 to 8pm with Naked Brewing Company—complimentary for ticket-holders to that evening's performance!
Directors Gathering Dialogue: Tuesday, March 22
Immediately following the performance, a member of the Directors Gathering will join An Octoroon director Joanna Settle for an audience-led conversation to discuss the behind-the-scenes process of making An Octoroon.
Post-Show Chats: Thursday, March 24, March 31, and April 7
Learn more about the production through discussions with artists and audience members following the performance.
Coffee Chat: Wednesday, April 6
Chat with literary staff about An Octoroon and enjoy complimentary coffee from Saxbys Coffee following Wednesday’s matinee performance.
Young Friends pre-show reception: Friday, April 1, 7pm
For audience members 40 and under, this performance includes a complimentary pre-show food and drink reception at the Wilma from 7 to 8pm!
Open Captioning: Saturday, April 9, 2pm
Student Matinees: March 30 and April 7, 10am
Under our new Wilma WynTix initiative all tickets, including subscription tickets, for all days and times throughout the full four-week mainstage run will be enjoyed by the general public at the subsidized rate of $25 or $10 for students and theater artists with valid ID. Tickets are available at the Wilma’s Box Office by calling 215.546.7824, visiting wilmatheater.org, or coming to the theater, located at 265 South Broad Street in Philadelphia.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Linda and David Glickstein are the Honorary Producers. The Sporting Club at the Bellevue and the DoubleTree Hotel are Season Sponsors.
The Wilma Theater creates living, adventurous art. We engage artists and audiences in imaginative reflection on the complexities of contemporary life. We present bold, original, well-crafted productions that represent a range of voices, viewpoints, and styles.
Download: An Octoroon Press Release.pdf
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Continental Arena vs Newark Arena
Thread: Continental Arena vs Newark Arena
JerseyDevil
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Toms River NJ (Jersey Shore)
This is to discuss the Newark Arena. I have always supported the arena - and still do. When McGreevey came into office, he threwout all the work Whitman had done. Becuase of this we have lost the Nets. I think it is important we do not lose the Devils.
Sports teams unite and bring pride to a state. As it is we have TWO football teams who would rather have people think they are New York teams. We are losing out basketball team to Brooklyn unless that falls threw and we risk losing the 3 time Stanley Cup Champions - the New Jersey Devils without the Newark Arena.
Are you for or against the arena and who should pay for it? It seems like NY throws money around like crazy for their image and NJ doesn't spend any money on our image. NY currently has the Westside Stadium, Brooklyn Arena and possibly a new Yankees stadium all in the works. What does New Jersey do? We have the south who supports the out of state teams in Philadelphia and many northern New Jerseyans who support NY teams - even though we do have very good teams.
Will the Newark Arena be viewed as a place to see New JERSEY teams - or will it be just a Newark arena? If New Jersey was to try to have teams that appealed to both the north and south - where should such an Arena be placed?
beatman10
Newark Arena
I know it's a little late to be talking pro or con about the Newark Arena, since
the project is now underway(finally!!). But I learned just how much Newark is still hated by NJ. In general, people here would have rather seen the teams leave the state than move to Newark, no matter who pays for it. The politicans, who railed against the project, are now quiet when it comes to the new Giants/Jets stadium.
True, the negative perception of Newark, and the pols trying to cash in on that perception were big. But I also blame Yankeenets for the arena not getting done sooner. Once they got their sports channel up and running, the New York side of Yankeenets lost interest in Newark(maybe they never had it to begin with). They left the New Jersey owners, primarily Ray Chambers and
Lewis Katz, to fend for themselves. Then Katz went behind Chambers' back and negotiated with Bruce Ratner to move the Nets to Brooklyn.The Devils remained commited to Newark and now will be playing there in 2007 barring any unforseen problems.
I believe the state's largest city is the place to have the arena. The mass transit is already there. People can relax before the game instead of leaving
work, going home, and then fighting more traffic to get to the game like they now do at the Meadowlands. There will be restaurants and other things.
Originally Posted by JerseyDevil
In general, I think that no public money should be used to build a stadium for any one.
The four major sports are wealthy enough that they can build their own stadiums. Their is no need for the public to be held hostage too the whims of sports teams. The teams can ask for new stadiums. The public does not need to go into debt to pay for something will primarily benefit a few corporations and/or private individuals.
I do not have much problem with the building of appropriate infrastructure to support additional traffic around a stadium.
I think that Newark is a fine place for a stadium. Especially, if it is connected to mass transit.
Regarding location of a State Team, I think anywhere along the Trenton-Newark corridor is ideal for a central location.
NJ & You, Perfect Together
beatman - it's never too late to discuss the arena. I agree with you - it's about time it's happening. It should have happened a LONG time ago before the Nets decided to leave. Another one of McGreevey's great moves. Now the Arena is still going on, but with ONLY ONE team instead of TWO. Oh well - at least we keep the Devils - a PROUD New Jersey team.
I'm not even sure if the Nets are going to move to Brooklyn. There hasn't been any movement on the arena front there as far as I know. It's still been just talk. I also find it interesting how they plan on having some games in NJ so they can try keeping the NJ fans. They know they can't survive without the NJ fans and NJ fans aren't going to go all the way to Brooklyn I don't think. Not enough go to the Meadowlands as it is. Another thing, NY already has the Knicks - which most brookylnites support. I don't think they're really going to switch from the Knicks to the Nets.
As for the location of the arena - I think it will be great for Newark. It will be much easier for me to go see them. I just have to hop on the train and get off at Newark Penn Station. Don't have to worry about going to the Meadowlands.
It would be nice if our so-called NJ Politicians supported PROUD New Jersey teams, as much as they seem willing to support wannabe NY teams (cough - Giants and Jets - cough) I swear - so many of them must get funding from NY it's not even funny. It's got to be the only explanation why they're so willing to sell NJ out to NY all the time.
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davegering
NORTH ARLINGTON NJ
i drive by the new Arena almost everyday. They seemed to have stopped work on it until the Devils kick in their 100 million. I believe a promisery note has been signed. They have taken down the Devils sign that was hanging until the money dispute is settled. As far as taking the train to Penn Station. It is still about a 10 to 15 minute walk to the arena which is on Broad Street by the Town Hall. As for the Devils i'm going to the game Saturday.
DAVE GERING
MANAGER JERSEY STORE EWR
Originally Posted by davegering
i drive by the new Arena almost everyday. They seemed to have stopped work on it until the Devils kick in their 100 million. I believe a promisery note has been signed. They have taken down the Devils sign that was hanging until the money dispute is settled.
I had heard about the money issue on NJN News - but they said work was continuing forward.
As far as taking the train to Penn Station. It is still about a 10 to 15 minute walk to the arena which is on Broad Street by the Town Hall. As for the Devils i'm going to the game Saturday.
The 10 - 15 minute walk isn't an issue for me - since I walk to the Newark Museum from the train station. Is there a subway station near the new arena or will they be putting in a new station?
No subway station the new one is running over to the broad street station. All the buses run by the arena. They may put a shuttle bus in from Penn staton.
Mayor-elect Cory Booker may still try to kill the
arena deal. Even with the framing almost half done, he says he will reevaluate the deal and possibly kill it if he feels the arena won't make money. I can't believe he's willing to expose Newark to millions in lawsuits, turn future businesses away, and leave another "Renaissance Mall" like steel skeleton sitting for 20 years as a grim reminder of another failed Newark project. Does he really hate Sharpe James that much? No wonder why people laugh at Newark The city keeps shooting itself in the foot!
I go by the site every day on the way to work. It was depreesing seeing the parly built Renasance mall all those years. They already have part of the frame for the Arena up and a big hole dug. Maybe they will find Jimmy Hoffa there.
NJPRIDE
Flanders N.J.
The arena will continue to rise and The Devils will call it home in 2007 ! And Newark will continue to improve also .
NEW JERSEY HISTORY SECOND TO NONE !
Well since they have ther hole dug, maybe they can use it to bury anyone who does try to put a stop to it's progress.
NewarkDevil5
In any other board I'd be very active in this thread struggling to convince people that Newark is not Sodom, but for whatever reason I don't think I really need to do the selling job here that I do elsewhere.
Originally Posted by NewarkDevil5
That's probably because most of us have been to Newark and know what it's really like. There are a lot of improivements that need to be made of course, but I know Newark can become a world class city. The thing is, convincing New Jersey politicans and residents to have this vision. Our politicians seem to be changing NJ into a commuter state and abandoning our cities completely. I know this has been going on for a while, but it seems ot be happening at faster pace now. It's like New Jerseyans just accept the "surburb" stereotype and don"t want to promote the greta history and heritage and culture our cities have.
The city that is the hardest to defend is Camden, but I love the Camden waterfont. My feeling is that Camden (the waterfront area) is far nicer than anything in trenton at the moment. Yet the only thing that people think when they hear Camden - is murder capital of the US.
This post was slighly off topic, but needed to be said. I would not think twice, nor do I think twice about going to newark. I have even walked down Broad St at 9:00pm With the Arena, it will be even greater because people who wouldnt think about going into Newark, will take that trip and have their eyes opened and go "This is Newark? Wow - I never knew it built up like this!"
I guess we'll know more about Cory and the arena
in a month or two. I'm hoping he'll at least meet with Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek before he makes a decision. Cory needs to realize that not all businesses that want to move to Newark are advisaries who just want to suck up city funds and then leave. Plus I don't think Vanderbeek would stick an arena where it would fail, given his financial background. The arena is part of a whole downtown redevelopment plan, not some building that's stuck in the middle of nowhere like Continental. But, as usual, our newspapers are calling for the arena deal to be killed in their editorial section. Of course, when Gov Corzine called for the Giants Stadium deal to be changed, the papers ranted, "A deal is a deal!!" And they haven't even got one shovel in the ground yet! NJ doesn't want anything for Newark unless it's a new jail or toxic waste dump. Our cities are not be economic hubs,but instead, they are places where we stick undesirable things and ignore them!
Well I agree that NJ politicans have been hypocrits when it comes to the sports deals. They have no problem spending $85 million on a stadium - and that's for a team that even refuses to wear NJ on their uniforms and had the nerve to now wear NY. Everyone knows that I think the Giants and Jets should have been sent back over the river, hey - I would have even have gone to Giants stadium to pack their crap for them too. As you said - the Newark Arena is only ONE part of much larger development, which includes shops, restaurants and housing. It is ridiculous that they call for this project to be killed. What else is going to be built which would attract so many New Jerseyans to Newark? One of the best things I love about this Arena is that it's easily accessible from the train, unlike the Meadowlands which is in the middle of nowhere (oh - but they make sure they have busing avialble from NY ). Also, have you seen the area around it? The roads are a mess. This is what irritates me so much about NJ. Places that millions of people see - NJ does nothing to beautify the area. The entrance to Liberty State Park from the turnpike is another prime example. Okay - I'll stop ranting again and to think, people on other messageboards used to always accuse me of never criticizing NJ.
I swear, The Record is still trying all it can to stop the Newark Arena from being built. Me personally, I have had many great times at the Continental Airlines Arena. I live and work roughly 15 minutes from it. But, that being said, the sad reality is that for many people the CAA is a hassle to get to. And the atmosphere there leaves a lot to be desired. I myself can't wait to go to the new Newark Arena. Too bad the Nets don't plan on joining the Devils there. It could be awesome.
Here's The Record article from Thursday July 27:
2 Arenas Are One Too Many
By Mike Kelly
If you want to see what New Jersey politics has done to us, go to the corner of Mulberry and Hamilton streets in Newark.
Looming above the lonely weeds pushing through cracks in the sidewalk is the steel skeleton of Newark's new sports arena.
Go there now and you can hear the sounds of work -- a crane groaning to lift a piece of steel, jackhammers pounding rivets, trucks kicking up dust where Mulberry's asphalt once was.
From nearby City Hall, though, you hear another sound -- that of a mayor pumping the brakes, possibly to stop this arena.
But isn't the arena already under construction? Why stop now?
New Jersey has been fighting for years over whether to keep the Continental Arena in the Meadowlands or build an arena in Newark. Because no governor would step into this political thicket, our state may soon find itself with two sports arenas less than 10 miles apart.
This is not something to brag about -- not like the twin lions, Patience and Fortitude, that flank the steps of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, or even the upper and lower decks of the George Washington Bridge.
Having two sports arenas will not make New Jersey look better in the way those lions dress up the library steps. And unlike the twin decks on the George Washington Bridge, which are needed to handle traffic, the Garden State does not have enough sports, circuses or concerts for two arenas.
On far too many days and nights, those arenas will be empty, mere boxes, taking up space, draining money.
To his credit, Newark Mayor Cory Booker views the city arena and the money spent there in moral terms. Should Newark spend its money on an arena or on poor people?
Booker's predecessor, Sharpe James, was so obsessed with an arena in poverty-stricken Newark that he allocated $210 million in municipal funds for it even when the city needed more cops and modernized schools. The Devils hockey team pledged $100 million, plus cost overruns.
But the estimated price for the arena has risen to $350 million and could top out at $500 million. Who pays that? A hockey team?
Booker, who grew up in Bergen County, told me two months ago that he wanted to stop the Newark arena and use the money to improve the lives of the poor. But construction began before he took office on July 1. Now, the arena skeleton rises almost 100 feet on one side.
Bringing that down will be hard. But it could happen.
Booker hired a lawyer to look at Newark's deal with the Devils. One option is for Newark to pull out of the project, Booker's staff says.
It's a noble thought, even courageous. But to reexamine the deal, Newark is paying attorney Paul Fader $175 an hour.
Do the math: If Fader, a Democratic fund-raiser who played a key role in putting together the deal for a new football stadium in the Meadowlands, puts in 100 hours, he takes $17,500 – about half a year's salary for a Newark teacher. If he puts in 1,000 hours, he gets $175,000. That's enough to remodel a few classrooms, maybe stock a few hundred library shelves, maybe even hire a few nurses to monitor kids' health problems.
For the rest of the state, especially the Bergen towns that depend on the Meadowlands for business, a Newark arena could drain away jobs.
This is not news to New Jersey's leaders. But it will be news if Cory Booker steps forward and follows his moral compass to stop work on an arena his city does not need.
If that happens, pay attention. Don't bet on it, though.
That steel skeleton looming over Mulberry Street is strong.
So are the weeds that still grow from the cracks in the sidewalk.
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?...Y3dnFlZUVFeXk5
A-Line I see what you mean. This reporter even acts like the Continental Arena is the only thing in the Meadowlands. How are the businesses around the meadowlands going to suffer if the Continental Arena is closed down? There is Xanadu going in (although what that wil be is anyone guess now), the two turncoat football teams (that no one seems to have any problem with the state spening hundreds of millions of dollars on) and the meadowlands racetrack. Also, I don't think the Arena is going to be there anymore. I fully support the Newark Arena, the arena - which some people seem to want to ignore - is just the centerpiece for a complete revitalization of that area which will bring in a lot of additional money.
BTW - it also seems like this reporter has contempt for hockey - "But the estimated price for the arena has risen to $350 million and could top out at $500 million. Who pays that? A hockey team?" If the devils got the support from New Jersey citizens the way the NY teams get from their citizens - then yes - a hockey tem can support the over runs. Also - if the deal hadn't had to keep stopping and starting after each new governor came in - we woudl have both the Devils AND the NETS in there. The Nj newspapers ***** about the Devils getting an arena in Newakr - but are completely silent and often praise the one sided deal NJ handed to the ungrateful Giants and Jets. I wonder why that is? Also - NJ newspapers are also quiet about the pied piper attitude that the Nets have toward New Jerseyans and how they are trying to now finally create a "loyal" following of New Jerseys to follow them when they move to Brooklyn. Why do our newspapers never support what is good for New Jersey. Just look at the article from the Star Ledger on the Hudson Rail Tunnel as another example of NJ newspapers not standing up for New Jersey.
A-Line - I combined your "Continental Arena vs Newark Arena" with the old Newark Arena thread, however I did keep your thread's name. It would just be better right now to keep all the discussion of the Newark Arena in one thread.
Pookiebluez
Paterson,NJ
Newark Arena!!!!! Here are some pics from the Devils Website.
http://www.newjerseydevils.com/2005/...ainterior.php#
The Outside.
I got these pics via Basketballboards.net If anyone wants to check it out. It is sad to see that many Nets fans in Jersey, would rather have the Nets play in Brooklyn, than in their very own state. Sad
I for 1 am a Nets Fan and know many others who would prefer the Nets stay here in Jersey . Alot of us think in the long run they will also end up in Newark . A couple of months ago the Devils owner said they were welcome to use the Newark arena if they need to .
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Red Patch Boys Forums > Toronto FC > TFC/MLS News Section > Today's News,Wednesday ,Jun.08
View Full Version : Today's News,Wednesday ,Jun.08
Mornin'
Toronto FC limping toward weekend tilt at LA Galaxy (http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/06/07/toronto-limping-toward-weekend-tilt-los-angeles)
Canada Can't Contain U.S.A. (http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2011/06/canada-cant-contain-usa)
Winter Careful With Attakora (http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2011/06/winter-careful-attakora)
The Elite Eight Of Canada (http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2011/06/elite-eight-canada)
Neely Praises World Cup-Bound Reds (http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2011/06/neely-praises-world-cup-bound-reds)
Canada drops opener to US: Gold Cup (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2011/06/07/sp-gold-cup-canada.html)
Aleman highlights Canada's U-17 World Cup team (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2011/06/07/sp-u17-canada.html)
U.S. stops Canada in Gold Cup (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/us-stops-canada-in-gold-cup/article2051126/)
Gold Cup: Canada already putting loss to US in rearview (http://www.mlssoccer.com/goldcup/news/article/2011/06/07/gold-cup-canada-already-putting-loss-us-rearview)
Gold Cup: US put on dominant effort in 2-0 win over Canada (http://www.mlssoccer.com/goldcup/news/article/2011/06/07/gold-cup-us-put-dominant-effort-2-0-win-over-canada)
SUNSHINE (http://www.torontosun.com/sunshine-girl)
West220Side
mornin d
menefreghista
Looks like Santos and Attakora are hurt. But Gordon is set to return.
Another interesting thing is that it looks like Duane Rollins' replacement for the TFC beat for MLS.com is Larry Millson, who was previously covering the Jays for MLB.com, but covered TFC for the Globe back in 2007. I think he was a long time baseball writer.
Technorgasm
I only came in here to check out the SSG. . . def NOT dissapointed.
__wowza
shut up i cant see it, im at work. :(
ManUtd4ever
I wonder if the decision to replace Rollins has anything to do with the online pissing match he had with RPB supporters during the NCC Final.
I think this MLSSoccer.com article is misleading. Canada had the U.S.A. on their heels for most of the second half and could have easily walked away with a draw.
bgnewf
talked to Larry last week. This is correct
Any idea why Rollins was replaced?
Was it simply a case of the job he was doing? Or did antagonizing the fans have something to do with it?
BFin
Drunken tweeting while mentioning the Front Office and your Press Box, I think it was as simple as that. Shouldn't associate yourself with the team when you're slagging on other groups on twitter.
The SSG has been featured a number of times.
But can't complain.
Brooker
Was just about to post something similar. Dominant? Laughable.
Peoples stupidity with twitter never fails to amaze me.
I agree Canada had a very good spell for a good chunk of the second half, however, I felt that if the US wanted to turn it up another level they could any time.
TFCRegina
Within a day of the pissing match, Duane wrote an article saying that him and MLS had gone separate ways.
I don't think it's anything but that.
Kind of had an idea but the Toronto Sun's main football writer, Kurt Larson is an American.
Nothing wrong with it. Played football at Drake University for 4 years and kicked around the PDL.
http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15700&ATCLID=1285576
Maybe TFC should sign him for the backline. LOL
For the record I do not know anything more than what Duane wrote himself on his blog. I for one don't have any reason to disbelieve what he said.
And its not my place to speculate, nor would I want to. That is between him and mlssoccer.com. All I was doing was confirming that Larry Millson is now writing for mlssoccer.com according to what he told me to my face last Friday at TFC training.
He didn't really say anything. So there isn't anything there to 'disbelieve'.
It would be quite the coincidence that he was fired days after his offending tweets and they had little to do with it.
gcolacci
Sunshine girl is also an Ice Girl on this site.
http://www.thefourthperiod.com/icegirls/jile_cai/index.html
In case your "work" blocks the sunshine girl.
QSIM
In other headline news:
I saw Matt Gold going for a run today in Liberty Village. Classic. I also think I saw Peterson, but I'm sure I saw Gold. How can you miss that guy? Beauty.
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Right Winger Mark Levin Goes After Glenn Beck
Posted on Feb 24, 2010 in Glenn Beck | 0 comments
They’re going to start eating their own…
Conservative radio personality Mark Levin had some unkind words to say about fellow conservative radio personality Glenn Beck. Levin said, “Decide what you are. A circus clown, self-identified. Or a thoughtful and wise person. It’s hard to be both. You can’t wear the clown nose and not wear the clown nose at the same time.” He also had this to say:
I have no idea what philosophy Glenn Beck is promoting. And neither does he. It’s incoherent. One day it’s populist, the next it’s libertarian bordering on anarchy, next it’s conservative but not really, etc. And to what end? I believe he has announced that he is no longer going to endorse candidates because our problems are bigger than politics. Well, of course, our problems are not easily dissected into categories, but to reject politics is to reject the manner in which we try to organize ourselves. [..]
Finally, Beck is fond of congratulating himself for being the only or the first host to criticize George Bush’s spending. This is demonstrably false. … And as someone who fought liberal Republicans in the trenches when campaigning for Reagan in 1976 and 1980, I don’t need lectures from Beck, who was nowhere to be found, about big-spending Republicans.
2009: A Year of Fox News Political Activism
Posted on Dec 23, 2009 in Fox News | 1 comment
Media Matters for America has released the following list exemplifying Fox News’ transition from a mere conservative “news” outlet to a complete right-wing political organization.
Fox News personalities set goals to “get rid” of administration officials, “take the administration down.”
Fox News led the charge against Van Jones and was widely credited for his resignation.
Fox News repeatedly and falsely accused Kevin Jennings of unlawfully failing to report “statutory rape.”
Hannity, in particular, crusaded against Jennings and has declared, “I want him fired.”
Beck repeatedly targeted NEA’s Yosi Sergant; Sergant was reassigned, then resigned.
Fox News figures advanced falsehoods about Cass Sunstein, including that he supports “forced sterilizations” and mandatory organ donations.
Fox News figures falsely claimed John Holdren supported “forced abortions” and forced sterilization.
Hannity repeatedly advanced dubious claim that Harold Koh supported the use of Sharia law in U.S. courts.
Fox News targeted Anita Dunn over remarks about Mao Zedong.
Beck launched 9-12 Project, which he said spurred “millions” to get “involved” in protests, including 9-12 march on Washington.
Fox News relentlessly promoted 9-12 protest.
Fox News heavily promoted April 15 tea parties.
Fox News aired over 100 commercial promotions and over 20 segments in less than two weeks.
Fox News’ coverage boosted protests, pushed other outlets to cover.
Fox promoted anti-health care reform disruptions of town halls.
Fox News’ town hall coverage amplified opponents of health care reform, ignored supporters.
Bachmann: “[W]e began this on Sean Hannity’s show.”
Hannity aired video from much larger 9-12 rally while discussing Bachmann’s rally.
In 2008, Morris asked Fox viewers to “give funds to GOPTrust.com” without noting his apparent financial ties to the organization.
After asking Fox News viewers for donations, Morris boasted about raising $2.5 million for ads against health care reform.
Huckabee sends viewers to his PAC — which pays his daughter’s salary and supports Republican politicians –under the guise of signing a petition.
Huck PAC asks “balancecutsave.com” petition signers to help remove Democratic health care proponents from office and campaign for conservative candidates.
Fox News led charge against ACORN.
O’Reilly: ACORN story “driven by Fox News almost entirely.”
Republicans thanked Fox News for its ACORN advocacy.
Hannity repeatedly pushed claim that Endangered Species Act protections are responsible for farmers’ hardship.
Hannity reportedly persuaded to do show by Republican congressman.
Hannity advocacy praised, seized on by Republicans.
Fox News devoted round-the-clock coverage to Gingrich’s anti-Obama advocacy.
Gingrich frequently promotes falsehoods, engages in advocacy on Fox News.
Shepard Smith / DHS Report Timeline
Posted on Jun 12, 2009 in Shepard Smith | 0 comments
Here’s a little time line that shows the progression of events leading up to many conservatives and right wing media personalities attacking Fox News‘ Shepard Smith.
Department of Homeland Security releases report on right-wing extremists
Conservatives blast Obama and Napolitano for ordering report
Shepard Smith explains that the reports were ordered by Bush Administration and there was a left-wing report as well
Several right-wing extremist related murders occur making national headlines
Shepard Smith brings the DHS report back to light showing it was justified and
Shepard Smith also provides examples of hate mail received
Conservatives attack Shepard Smith and call for him to be fired
It’s amazing how blatant these nuts are in trying to supress the truth.
Conservatives Want Shepard Smith Fired For Accurate Reporting
Fox News’ Shepard Smith, who accurately reported on the Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremists, is now under attack by conservatives.
RUSH LIMBAUGH: “For liberals to now claim that the atmosphere is somehow more violently anti-Obama is simply preposterous.” Limbaugh also said Smith was “whining and moaning and complaining about emails.” After stating that he, too, got “vile, sick emails,” Limbaugh said, “Shep, you got nothing on anybody out there.”
Atlas Shrugs blogger PAMELA GELLER: Shep, don’t preach to us about anger. This from a guy who hit a reporter with his car as she saved a parking space. He was arrested for it too. (Above photo is Smith’s mugshot) Yup. And who can forget his leftist asshattery last month, when Fox anchor Shepard Smith, on a post-broadcast Webcast, lost it when discussing his opposition to waterboarding, etc — bellowing: “We are America!” (slamming the table) “I don’t give a rat’s ass if it helps. We are AMERICA! We do not f—ing torture!!” He has got to go.
WorldNetDaily’s JOE KOVACS: Ironically, Smith himself allegedly engaged in activity some might deem questionable. As WND previously reported, during the presidential election fiasco in November 2000, Smith was arrested at the Florida Capitol for allegedly driving his Mazda Millenia into another reporter who was standing in a parking space she attempted to save for a friend. The victim, freelance journalist Maureen Walsh of Tallahassee, was hospitalized and released later the same day with bruises on her knees and legs.
On Michelle Malkin’s blog, HotAir – ALLAHPUNDIT: hamfisted attempt to draw a straight line between dopey ‘Hussein’ invective and the sort of decades-long dementia displayed by the Jew-loathing nut who pulled a shotgun in the Holocaust Museum today. (And who, by the way, hated neoconservatives generally and the GOP’s last two nominees for president in particular.) I don’t know how else to read this clip except as Shep warning America that his own viewership is teeming with would-be presidential assassins. If he truly believes that, why doesn’t he quit? How can his conscience stand it?
Megyn Kelly Blames Sean Hannity for Fox News Bias
Posted on Jun 11, 2009 in Sean Hannity | 7 comments
There is ample evidence to prove otherwise, but Fox News’ Megyn Kelly told Haute Living that the reason people think Fox News is right wing is because of Sean Hannity.
When asked about her employer’s reputation for being conservative, she attributed those perceptions to the network’s primetime host lineup, not its news coverage. “There is no question that Hannity is a conservative,” she says. “But I can tell you from personal experience after having worked with O’Reilly for years now, you never know where he is going to come out on an issue. He definitely leans right when it comes to certain social, traditional value issues, but he’s all over the board on certain other issues. And Greta-nobody knows exactly what her stripes are. I think [the conservative reputation is] really because of Hannity.”
Except for Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck, Greta Van Susteren, Mike Huckabee, Neal Cavuto, Fox & Friends, Red Eye and practically everybody else at Fox News, besides maybe Shepard Smith, it’s all Sean Hannity… Riiight…
Shepard Smith: Viewers Emails ‘Out There in a Scary Place’
Thankfully, the voice of reason at Fox News, Shepard Smith, is still around who had this to say about the Holocaust Museum killing and the radical emails Fox News receives from viewers, which he says are “out there in a scary place.”
Fox News Limits Reporting on Holocaust Museum Shooting
Posted on Jun 11, 2009 in Fox News | 0 comments
A day after the shooting at the Washington DC Holocaust Museum, it appears that Fox News has made the conscious decision to limit its reporting on the incident. Apparently, they only mentioned “Holocaust” and “van Brunn” three times during Prime Time. Three. From TVeyes.com for the previous 21 hours:
As of 10 a.m., the totals looked like this:
CNN: at least 168 mentions.
MSNBC: at least 121 mentions.
Fox News: at least 89 mentions.
The question is why? Is it because Fox News is embarassed by their incorrectly critical reporting of the Homeland Security reports on right-wing extremists? Is it because the shooter is not Muslim, but rather had ties to the Klu Klux Klan?
Apparently gay penguins were more important.
DHS Report Haunts Fox News
If you recall, Fox News was upset about the Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremists that, as it turned out, was ordered by the Bush Administration.
Fast forward to today, in the wake of George Tiller‘s murder, which was committed by a pro-life Christian activist. We’re inundated by headlines and articles about the shooting that took place at the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. The alleged murderer, terrorist if you will, was James Wenneker von Brunn, an alleged white supremest who, apparently, has connections to anti-government and hate groups. In other words, another right-wing extremist.
Shepard Smith Reports Truth About DHS Reports
Posted on Apr 16, 2009 in Shepard Smith | 2 comments
Contrary to what other Fox News personalities are claiming ( i.e. the Obama administration is targeting right wing groups), Shepard Smith shows some journalistic integrity and steps away from the blame game.
Smith: So if this bulletin from April 7 looks at the right-wing groups, is there a bulletin that looks at left-wing groups as well?
Herridge: Yeah, we were able to obtain that bulletin as well. It came out in January, and didn’t get — there it is — didn’t get the same attention. It looked specifically at groups like the Earth Liberation Front, or ELF, groups that in the opinion of Homeland Security, in the future will try and attack economic targets and specifically use cyber-attacks, because they see that is sympatico, or in concert with some of their other beliefs.
So there are two assessments. The one on the left, the one on the right is the one that’s getting the attention because of the leak.
… I would point out that both of these assessments, Shep, were commissioned under the Bush administration. It takes some time to do them. They only came out after he left office.
Sean Hannity Wrong About DHS Report
Posted on Apr 15, 2009 in Sean Hannity | 2 comments
Sean Hannity and Fox News, though it’s nothing new, are blaming the Obama administration for Department of Homeland Security reports focusing on “right-wing groups.”
The same reports were ordered by President Bush
The reports focus on both left-wing and right-wing (violent) extremist groups
Bush appointees agree with assessing such threats
And, of course Hannity, not missing an opportunity to repeat the mantra brings up two totally unrelated topics (Bill Aires & Rev. Wright) when addressing Barack Obama.
“What do you think of that interpretation, especially coming from a guy that started his political career in the home of an unrepentant terrorist who bombed the Pentagon and capital and sat in Reverend Wright’s church for 20 years?”
Republicans Want to Acquire Another FOX-Style Network
In what may be a Freudian Slip, author Robert G. Kaufman, makes the following statement regarding what the Republican party should do “when Obama fails” (his words).
“If I had to recommend one single thing that the Republicans should be doing to help articulate the message, it is to acquire another television network so that there is not just FOX, but multiple sources of alternative information that will do a much better job than we did in 2008 to keep things honest. “
Obviously, this isn’t a revelation about the GOP owning Fox News, but rather the fact that Fox News is responsible to the right. This further proves that Fox News is neither fair nor balanced.
Conservative Bloggers Turning on Fox News
A conservative blog, LittleGreenFootballs, agrees with a piece from Politico.com that Glenn Beck’s extremist rhetoric is harmful to the rebuilding of the GOP. Some have called this the “Glenn Beckinizing of the right wing media.”
He’s right. This turn toward the extreme right on the part of Fox News is troubling, and will achieve nothing in the long run except further marginalization of the GOP—unless people start behaving like adults instead of angry kids throwing tantrums and ranting about conspiracies and revolution.
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The Best Xbox 360 Action Games 2019 You Should Try
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Welcome to the FragRun’s best Xbox 360 Action Games selection, an extensive list of the most popular Xbox 360 video games compiled by our online gaming insiders. Here, you will learn more about some top of the line Xbox 360-friendly games you most likely haven’t even enjoyed yet and get the possibility to pick one for your after-work brain recharge session. Since our online gaming pros know the market inside out, singling out the best Xbox 360 action games that are still popular in 2019 has been as easy as pie.
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1. Star Wars The Force Unleashed II by Lucasarts Entertainment.
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Home News Daily News Daily Brief Pakistan, April 29, 2019
Daily Brief Pakistan, April 29, 2019
Posted By: FATA Research Centeron: April 29, 2019 In: Daily News, News, Pakistan FocusNo Comments
Ghallanai: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement Captain Zarghaam Fareed embraced martyrdom while neutralizing an IED detected at Mohmand Gat in Mohmand District of the former FATA. Sepoy Rehan of BD team got critically injured. 25 years old Capt Zarghaam was unmarried and belonged to Sargodha. The incident took place in the Safi area of Mohmand district. Dawn , The Express Tribune , Radio TNN
Miramshah: Three soldiers were wounded in a roadside blast in the Garyom area of North Waziristan. The personnel were patrolling the area when a remote controlled device exploded, causing injuries to Qasim, Amjad and Zaheer. Dawn
Quetta: Inspector General of Frontier Corps Balochistan during a meeting of Senate Standing Committee said that there is no presence of Islamic State of Khoransan in Balochistan Province. The Express Tribune
MIRAN SHAH: Security forces claimed to have foiled a sabotage bid and seized a huge cache of heavy weapon in Qamar Killay in North Waziristan. Acting on a tip off, a heavy contingent of security forces conducted a raid on hide out and recovered heavy weapon and seized the weapons. Radio TNN
PESHAWAR: The federal government released Rs4.80 billion to finance the ongoing projects in tribal areas as first installment under Annual Development Programme. Radio TNN
LAHORE: The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of $200 million for launching the first phase of the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme (PICIIP). Dawn
China-Pak Economic Corridor
BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a joint statement which said that China will continue to provide assistance and support to Pakistan’s economic and social development in accordance with the needs of the Pakistani side and through mutual agreement. The Ministry announced that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China is a success and the two sides made remarkable achievements. The News, The Express Tribune
Islamabad: Advisor to Prime Minster said that Pakistan has managed to secure 1 billion $ duty free market access into China which will double Pakistan’s export in one year. The Express Tribune
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Report: Freemason Berlusconi’s `Slavish’ Courtship of Freemason Qaddafi Haunts Italy
Bloomberg News Feb 23, 2011
Berlusconi’s `Slavish’ Courtship of Qaddafi Haunts Italy By Flavia Krause-Jackson
Berlusconi shut down the city’s biggest park in June 2009 to allow the visiting Libyan leader and his entourage of all- female bodyguards to set up camp by the 16th-century Villa Doria Pamphili. A year earlier, Italy agreed to pay $5 billion over 25 years to its former colony in reparations.
“With hindsight, the more slavish manifestations of deference could have been avoided,” Franco Pavoncello, a politics professor at John Cabot University in Rome, said in a telephone interview. “He went out of his way, more than others, to be best friends with Qaddafi. He can’t exactly take it all back now.”
Libya has invested in Italian companies including Fiat SpA, UniCredit SpA and the Juventus soccer team, while Eni SpA has been present in the North African country for half a century, leaving Italy reliant on Libya for a quarter of its crude oil. As his ties with Qaddafi developed, Berlusconi built on that economic legacy, which is now unraveling and underscores the cost of doing business with autocratic regimes.
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Further Reading: http://freemasonrywatch.org
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December 21st, 2012 | Tags: Italy, Libya, Mideast | Category: 2011, Freemasons, M. Qaddafi, Masonic Gestures, Silvio Berlusconi
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Also by Martin Fletcher:
Promised Land, September 2018
The War Reporter, October 2015
Jacob's Oath, October 2013
The List, October 2011
Walking Israel, October 2010
Breaking News, March 2008
Martin Fletcher
A novel of Israel
Kindle: B079DXHL5N
Hardcover / e-Book
Fiction | Historical
"Martin Fletcher, who headed up NBC TV's Tel Aviv News Bureau, knows his territory and it shows on every page. Promised Land is a great sweeping epic, reminiscent of Leon Uris' Exodus; a moving story of triumph and tragedy, new love and historic hate, expertly told by a cast of unforgettable characters. Fletcher's writing is superb and rises to the level of importance that this story demands and deserves. Historical novels don't get much better than Promised Land." —Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Cuban Affair
Promised Land is the sweeping saga of two brothers and the woman they love, a devastating love triangle set against the tumultuous founding of Israel.
The story begins when fourteen-year-old Peter is sent west to America to escape the growing horror of Nazi Germany. But his younger brother Arie and their entire family are sent east to the death camps. Only Arie survives.
The brothers reunite in the nascent Jewish state, where Arie becomes a businessman and one of the richest men in Israel while Peter becomes a top Mossad agent heading some of Israel's most vital espionage operations. One brother builds Israel, the other protects it.
But they also fall in love with the same woman, Tamara, a lonely Jewish refugee from Cairo. And over the next two decades, as their new homeland faces extraordinary obstacles that could destroy it, the brothers' intrigues and jealousies threaten to tear their new lives apart.
Promised Land is at once the gripping tale of a struggling family and an epic about a struggling nation.
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Ukraine: How it Got Harder for Snowden's Russia Story to Pass the Laugh Test
Spandan Chakrabarti March 3, 2014
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2014/3/3/ukraine-how-it-got-harder-for-snowdens-russia-story-to-pass-the-laugh-test
Russian forces are occupying part of Ukraine right now in clear violation of
international law. And yet, America's self-proclaimed "anti-war" Left is
eerily silent. There is no petition on MoveOn.org to urge the US and the
international community to do everything possible to end the Russian
invasion. Alan Grayson, the self-declared "Congressman with guts" evidently
lacks the guts to even call Russia out. The dogmatic left, known for their
propensity to scream and yell, is eerily silent. The screeching Left, best
known for hitting the United States for "imperialism", is barely even
breathing a word against Putin's moves to cease land from another sovereign
Could the deafening silence be coming from wanting to avoid the discussion
of an inconvenient reality? Could it be because of Edward Snowden?
No, I'm not simply talking about the reprehensible moral implications for a
man the anti-government Left has joined the libertarian Right to sell as a
hero to remain under the protection of the government running one of the
worst surveillance states in the world. I am not even simply talking about
the scathing ethical implications for a man the anti-war Left has labeled a
hero to continue to enjoy the protections of a government that just invaded
a neighboring country.
I'm talking about credibility. For those who defend Edward Snowden - both
activists and publishers who are benefiting from his theft of critical
American intelligence information - an essential pillar of canonizing him
has been a steadfast rejection of the idea that Snowden may have (willingly
or under force) handed over US intelligence secrets to China (where he first
ended up after fleeing the US) or Russia (where he was finally granted
asylum).
The idea that Edward Snowden, in possession of a treasure trove of American
intelligence documents, would end up in the loving arms of Russia without
turning over his information always required a good degree of suspension of
disbelief. Still, his defenders, along with the person profiting the most
from his revelations, Glenn Greenwald, argued that Russians couldn't get
anything from him because all the data he had stolen was highly encrypted,
and Russians did not have the capacity to break that encryption even if they
tried. They never answered the question as to why Russia would grant Snowden
asylum if there was nothing in it for them, however.
Just how much disbelief you are required to suspend in order to allow for
their argument to even pass the laugh test, however, has gone up by an order
of magnitude in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, simply because the
invasion has proven Putin's willingness to be aggressive simply to achieve
political dominance. If you are to believe Snowden's devotees, you would
have to believe that the same country that just invaded a neighbor to expand
its political influence in startling violation of international law is also
protecting and sheltering a fugitive out of concern for his interests rather
than their own. Snowden's lackies would have you believe that the man
looking to re-establish the Russian empire would house the possessor of the
largest US intelligence leak in history and ask for nothing in return.
In order to believe in the innocence of Edward Snowden (when it comes to
revealing intelligence information to foreign governments), one has to
believe in the innocence of the Russian government. In order to believe in
the righteousness of Snowden's Russian hideout, one must also believe in the
righteousness of Vladimir Putin.
But the greatest of concerns is not that those who defend Snowden aren't
making these connections - though that is probably a large part of the
story. The greatest of concerns is that the most virulent defenders of
Snowden's innocence are beginning to defend Russia - by the means of
celebrating it as demise of "Pax Americana":
The tweeter account emptywheel belongs to Marcy Wheeler, who is the Senior
policy analyst for Greenwald's new magazine.
It is already happening. Instead of condemning Russia's aggression,
Snowden's chief defenders (and his chief benefactors) are already taking
Russia's side, gleefully celebrating the Russian actions as indicative of
waning American influence.
The reason for this is simple. The people masquerading as the high priests
of the anti-war, dogmatic Left aren't liberals or leftists at all. What they
are is anti-American. They celebrate anything they view as embarrassing or
undermining to American influence and American power. Snowden's revelations
and Russian actions aren't contradictory in their value system, since the
only thing they value is the undermining of the United States.
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[MERGED] McLaren's wearing no clothes? / issues sans Honda
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Post subject: Re: When will everyone realize McLaren's wearing no clothes?
kleefton wrote:
rodH wrote:
The problem with just “switching to mercedes” is that McLaren probably believes that there is NO way that McLaren will ever get the equal works engine that the factory team gets. I tend to agree, there is no way Merc would allow that, and I am sure there are a lot of games that are played to assure the factory cars get the best spec. That being said, they have to find another route, and this is how Honda enters the equation. As a McLaren and Alonso fan, I am at least glad that they know the fault of the engine and can now work on correcting it and getting it at full power instead of just being cluless about what is wrong (but this is sure is a frustrating situation).
I believe it is possible to win with a customer engine. It has been done in the past. Redbull has won 4 championships doing it, they are currently outclassing the Works Renault team, Mclaren used to outclass Mercedes when they were using their engine in the previous era. This idea that you can't win with a customer engine is bogus and really came from Ron Dennis. He was wrong. Paddy Lowe has also said it recently that winning with a customer is possible. It really boils down to the car, if the car is good enough, you can win with a customer engine. No question about it.
I think there is a question. Paddy Lowe's not the best example. He can hardly say Williams have no hope, can he? As for Red Bull, Renault are in no position to challenge at the moment because basically their chassis isn't great. But if they do end up fighting with Red Bull for points, how much longer will Red Bull get parity of equipment do you think?
Williams admitted last year (or was it 2015?) that they didn't have access to the higher engine modes Mercedes did. I think there's reason to believe Ron
Paddy has been consistent in his stance regarding the engines since last year. If there was no "parity" with the customer and works engines he would say it. The fia dictates that the engines have to be equal. The works teams are not allowed to provide lesser engines to their customers. If williams doesnt have access to engine modes it is likely their fault.
It's a clever swerve by Paddy is all. Only equal Hardware is to be guaranteed to customers, it's the Software,Fuel and lubricants that set the works teams apart and you don't have to provide the best ones to your customer. So Paddy can tell the truth about parity on the hardware side but ask him specifically about mapping and see what he says.
There was a piece by Dieter Rencken over the weekend that suggested McLarens owner Mansour Ojjeh who's quite friendly with Daimler was trying to get "special status" in terms of a customer deal from Mercedes while Eric B tries to convince Sauber to take on Honda. The "special status" is access to some of the best mapping that the other customers don't get.
Of course it's technically possible to win as a customer if the works team is as poor as Renault is currently or does a terrible job with it's car in general but Mercedes are too good right now. You'd have to build a car significantly better than them to overcome the deficit on the Software,Fuels and Lubricant and that's not very likely hence seeking works deals(Plus the bonus of free engines and extra money).
"Clark came through at the end of the first lap so far ahead that we in the pits were convinced that the rest of the field must have been wiped out in an accident."
-Eddie Dennis, describing the dominance of Jim Clark in the Lotus 49 at Spa 1967
Seanie wrote:
It annoys me how people think that switching to Merc will solve their problems. They were with Mercedes in 2013-14 and were already stuck in the mid-field, scrambling around for the single digit points, on a good day.
All that proves is that they could get it wrong too. In 2012 they created a car that íwas every bit as fast as the RBR. The 2011 wasn't exactly a stinker either.
If you're going to use history in order to make a point, then the only point is that it is FAR more likely that in the past three years they could have created a top car, than that they would have continued like in 2013. Because in the 20-something seasons before 2013, they rarely were to be found outside of the top 3 in the WCC. They had a brief stint of fourth places between 1994 and 1997, and in 2004 they were fifth. All the other years they placed top 3.
The problem isn't solely the engine, its the entire package. They may be able to kid their fans the car is fundamentally good, just underpowered... But the reality is, this phase of poor performance pre-dates Honda, and removing them won't necessarily fix the problem, if anything it'll just bring new ones.
It won't necessarily fix the problem: incorrect. It will fix the PU problem and give them at least a chance to compete.
Will it guarantee them a top spot again? No. Nobody is guaranteed that, however, talking about likelihood: see above.
Lastly: the problem is the entire package: there is no way to know that and you can't say that with any degree of certainty. The only thing we know is that the PU is a POS.
To be fair, just studying mclarens performance compared to the even less powerful toro rosso car last year shows mclarens problems werent just engine related. They failed to reach many of their targets last year, even when the power unit was getting better.
This year, yeah...We dont know yet.
You mean the STR Ferrari 2015 unit that turned out to have TJI according to Andy Cowell?. Cowell said Ferrari introduced it late 2015 in the same speech he said Renault introduced in 2016 and Honda didn't have it. When Cowell said this Renault were still publicly denying that they had it on the car and Honda wouldn't confirm either way.
Well Renault admitted finally during the winter tests it was true that they introduced it last year and Honda publicly confirmed they didn't. So unless Cowell happened to be right about everything else except Ferrari introducing it in 2015 then that unit in the STR was significantly more powerful than the Honda unit. Efficiency is power in this formula and a car with lean burn has to be more powerful than one without.
Now Horners comments about STR being so far ahead of RB at the beginning of last year make sense. He knew they had TJI and had to wait for Renault to introduce it in Monaco to get on par.
We also found out over the winter that the Honda unit had a very high CoG which we didn't know and happens to have the same detrimental effect on medium/high speed corners for the car that McLaren struggled with at Suzuka.
If anything, from what we've learned over the winter the McLaren car looks even better than first thought and explains why those rival engineers that spoke to James Allen placed it 3rd.
Rumours in Autobild that Mario Illien is working with McLaren now. http://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-news/repor ... g-mclaren/
kleefton
Lotus49 wrote:
How much power do you think is missing from software, lubricants and fuel? I mean, we are talking engines making around 1000 hp. The difference that 30-50hp makes should not matter a whole lot in terms of performance, as it is a very small percentage of the overall output. That is why I believe these engines are getting close to being maxed out anyway. The aero and chassis are becoming a lot more critical to performance. The problem is that I don't think the Honda is making anywhere close to even 900hp. So they're still what? 100hp+ short? That is going to hurt.
Also, if you or anyone have info on why the other Mercedes customers don't have the engine modes, please share a link. To me it goes against the FIA rules. It is completely fishy to me that they would not have those modes available because Mercedes is blocking it.
From what I know Mclaren started last year with an engine inferior to the 2015 Ferrari in the TR, but by the end they were more powerful, even without TJI. Carlos Sainz's comments after the COTA race confirmed that: “You cannot mind. The team and I are evident with how Fernando passed me – it was evidence was the second worst engine overtook us like they were the best one!” Sainz said.
And another proof is that they did beat TR at Monza due to their power advantage, but once it came down to the chassis track TR quickly turned the tables on them.
Also a lot of the Mclaren success last year was due to Alonso, let's not forget that. I think he was more responsible for Mclaren's successes than the car itself. If you put average drivers in that car last year they likely would only be fighting to stay ahead of Sauber and Manor.
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It's impossible for me to put a number on it as mapping effects everything from driveability to the most powerful modes. With the lean burn technology fuels and lubricants are hugely important so using an inferior or basic blend may have small or significant differences.
But it all adds up. That 30-50 difference is roughly what Renault are missing, or at least were last year, to Ferrari and Mercedes. I'd argue they felt that was a pretty big difference.
I can't provide links, the only story about mapping I remember was the Williams one from 2014 or 2015 where they were asking for the new software package Mercedes were using. The truth is how do the customers themselves know Mercedes are holding back on that front so it's not easy for them to moan about it and cause themselves a headache with their supplier.
There's nothing in the rules that says Mercedes have to share their own best software packages and fuel blends from Petronas, same with Ferrari or any other Manufacturers. And every time a "big" independent team talks about getting a supply it's high on the list of concern, getting access to those maps being the big one. Where there's smoke and all that.
LAMO. Is that post known to be from a genuine Honda engineer, or just someone posing as one?
It sounds good, but if someone is retiring, surely they will have more time to post, not less?
Not outright doubting it, just asking if you think the poster is the real thing?
I was thinking the same. Interesting info if he is legitimate. But how do we know?
Understood regarding the driveability stuff, but I still don't understand how Merc is blocking access to what is essentially tuning the engine. Isn't Mclaren the ECU manufacturer? If not I'm sure it's a third party. If so it means every team should be able to map their engines the way they want. If not then Merc is breaking the rules. The rules do not specify that it is hardware only that must have parity.
From what I know Mclaren started last year with an engine inferior to the 2015 Ferrari in the TR, but by the end they were more powerful, even without TJI. Carlos Sainz's comments after the COTA race confirmed that. And another proof is that they did beat TR at Monza due to their power advantage, but once it came down to the chassis track TR quickly turned the tables on them.
Sainz also talked about his concern about the amount of drag STR had with their new aero package, that alone could swing it towards McLaren even at Monza with a less powerful unit.
I too thought Honda had passed the '15 Ferrari at Spa but that comment from Cowell changes everything for me. Honda could easily have had a better ERS which helped close the gap but what you're expecting me to believe is that Honda's year two unit without TJI was more powerful than Ferrari's year two unit with TJI.
How?. What's the point of TJI then if you can match and exceed it's power output and efficiency without it?. It's clear Honda managed to close the gap significantly throughout the year and it's also possible the Ferrari unit was limited in some ways by it's architecture as Ferrari had a fairly significant re-shuffle that winter so it's possible the TJI wasn't as effective as it could have been.
But it was still on it, and in this fuel flow limited formula efficiency is power so how can it be outstripped by a unit that was heavy,had a high CoG,No TJI,too small a turbo and didn't even have a qualy mode for most if the year.
I mean how bad was that Ferrari 2015 unit to get beat by all that despite having lean burn technology giving them far better efficiency?.
I'm sorry but if Cowell is right then either Honda built the best year two unit of this era(And that includes Mercedes) or STR had a PU advantage the entire year.
He's not legit. He got busted pinching a translated article from a Japanese interview that was posted on AS and re-arranging it and trying to pass it off as an official statement he had been given. When he got outed now he's leaving.
He also claimed he had worked 75% of the time at Honda working on combustion but told everyone McLaren would be using BP branded Mobil this year.
Turns out they're using Castrol branded BP and Castrol fuel and lubricants.
It's not really blocking it, they just don't have to pass on everything they use. Yeah the ECU is standard and I'm pretty sure the teams can map them too, I remember the fuss about McLaren not getting any help with that from Mercedes in 2014 so that would suggest they can do it themselves.
The rules don't stipulate that it includes software either and I think the fact whenever we hear about Red Bull or McLaren and potential supply from Mercedes they talk about those kind of things being included shows there's some smoke there.
I'll try to find the Rencken piece, he's not usually the type to chat BS to be honest and he mentioned this special status.
Apparently he posted a lot since 2015 on that forum and on occasions released hints or small details that turned out to be true. It seems he is definitely connected to Honda but then again it is the internet so who knows. Apparently he has shown picture evidence to some respected long term members in private emails too.
Thanks for it, and the tip, interesting anyway. I just went for a look on that site and will probably take to it. Still come here though
ReservoirDog
Looks like McLaren wouldn't be too different with Renault!
ReservoirDog wrote:
You think they'll be 9th in WCC?
Reliability problems in testing != second slowest car on the grid. I'll fully admit that clearly some of the reliability woes were Maccas fault, but that doesn't mean everything will be just as bad - and I don't think it will be.
Well if you ain't first, you're last. But I think they won't be in the top 5.
Top 5 will be Mercedes, Ferrari and the 3 Renault teams.
Pole2Win
McLaren's chassis was very good last year. Catalunya is a high downforce track where the engine isn't important but people keep attributing their success there purely to Alonso.
Oh well, it's Alonso's home GP so he'll usually do good there but much of it was the car.
However, it would not be strange at all for the chassis to allow good lap times yet not allow the engine to breathe properly either, causing breakdowns.
"Ask any racer, any real racer... It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning is winning." (Dominic Toretto, "The Fast and The Furious")
Oh Lordy!
KingVoid
1.8 seconds slower than Red Bull with the same engine
KingVoid wrote:
At this track, yeah. It wasn't that much in Melbourne.
We'll see where they are at season's end, but I'll be the first to admit that today was a major fail by the Woking squad.
Gasly in the Toro Rosso "best of the rest", even Hartley faster...
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 10:51 pm
But it was still over a second. McLaren may indeed have grand plans for development but, as of now, they are not in the mix at all. I'd say they are much more solidly in the midfield and they have at least escaped the reliability issues of the Honda years but they aren't in the same league as the top three and I see no reason to assume they will be prior to 2021.
Me neither. Not unless they buy a full chassis dyno.
The gap to the top 3 is just too big.
Bahrain is very hot. Bad for the engine.
Seems McLaren's clothes are indeed falling off...
What will it take for the general public to accept that McLaren is no longer a top team?
They won their last race in 2012, Williams and Renault also won their last race in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
AFAIK, McLaren do not have the same budget as Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull. They can’t match the spending power of those teams.
McLaren have a great history of winning things in the past, but so do Williams, and they aren’t considered a top team anymore.
Employing a top driver (Alonso) is the only thing that is keeping McLaren’s reputation afloat. Once they lose him, it will be very difficult to escape the midfield.
yes, it is starting to look like McLaren is a shadow of their former self, sadly. I have to admit I'm finding it hard to process as they have always been one of the giants of the sport ever since I started watching. Seeing them like this is like a bereavement!
The updates they brought here, that Alonso was so confident about, don't appear to have worked at all (where have I heard that before). I know that performance may fluctuate wildly in F1 (just look at Merc last week and this weekend), but it's somewhat disheartening to see them like this
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:16 am
It's certainly hard to argue they are. Not just based on performance either but resources and equipment now as well is behind the Top 3 as you say.
It's a shame but if they can become 4th and try to get within a respectable amount of those 3 and the new rules are favourable post 2021 then I think it doesn't have to be terminal. They've got a helluva talent to come in, a British one at that, which always seems to give McLaren a boost exposure wise and fan base wise and with a cap for instance they'd be pretty well placed I feel if they avoid the brain drain which I think they will.
I fear that the years before 2021 is gonna sting though but obviously I hope I'm wrong.
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 12:55 pm
Qualifying behind both Toro Rosso Hondas.
It's done it for me anyway. McLaren have sadly gone the way of Williams.
Bobafett
The thing is if the Honda engine has truly gotten its act together McLaren will look stupid, giving up works team status and yes the Renault engine is good but its not a works deal is it? And they partly did it to keep Alonso happy, a driver whom is reaching retirement age and whose mind is already looking to other pursuits
Bobafett wrote:
When has Alonso ever been good at planning his future and helping the team move in the direction of success? Ferrari for example only went backwards with him as the leading driver.
This is why I think Schumacher is the greatest of all drivers. He brought Ferrari from zero to hero. Can't say the same of Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel, Kimi, Senna...
Pole2Win wrote:
Ferrari finished 4th in the last season without Alonso and 4th in the last season with Alonso. They didn't go backwards.
Some time back I actually looked into Alonso's presence statistically and came up with the following conclusions:
When looking at the WCC, Minardi was better off before Alonso joined them. They were also better off after he left them.
McLaren were better off before Alonso joined them. They were also better off after he left them.
Renault (stint 1) were the same before Alonso joined them, but worse after he left them.
Renault (stint 2) were better off before Alonso joined them. They were also better off after he left them.
Ferrari were better off after Alonso joined them, but also better off after he left them.
McLaren were better off before Alonso joined them.
In 8/11 cases Alonso's presence had a negative influence
2/11 positive influence.
1/11 neutral influence.
You have to feel for McLaren, really. It can't have been an easy decision to make but they were saddled with a dog of an engine for three years and it would be cruel for them if it finally started to come good after they finally ran out of patience
No way man. Hamilton arrived at McLaren the year after they failed to win a single race after the switch to V8 engines. They won 8 races his first year as a team and then he took the WDC the following season. In 6 years with the team, they won races every single season and never finished below third in the WCC standings (Other than the DQ in 2007). Since leaving the team, they haven't won a single race...He arrived at Mercedes at a time when they had won just 1 race in their 3 year existence. Since getting there, they've won 66 races and 4 straight WCCs. Meanwhile Schumacher was the guy he replaced and they didn't escape the midfield the whole time Michael was racing for them.
Vettel? Same thing. He arrived at Torro Rosso and actually won a race for them! No other driver in that team's history has even finished on the podium. 2008 was easily their best ever year. Then, after moving to Red Bull in 2009, the team that had yet to win a single race in its history managed to win 6 that first year with him onboard. They then won 4 consecutive WCCs and 41 races over the next 4 years. Then he moved to a Ferrari team that had just had an abysmal first year under the new regulations. Replacing Alonso, he won 3 races and led them to 2nd in the WCC; a feat he repeated last year as well and this year, they seem poised to make their best title run since 2010.
Kimi won the WDC for Ferrari in his first year with the team and gave Lotus their only wins during this last iteration of the team.
And Senna!? Really!? You want to suggest that Senna didn't have a positive impact on his teams? This despite McLaren having perhaps the most dominant season in F1 history the moment he arrived at the team? This despite Mclaren winning 4 straight WCCs from the moment he arrived?
Alonso is the one guy who I think you can accurately criticize for this but the rest is absurd.
dizlexik
It seems McLaren was also slower than Renault in Bahrain.
dizlexik wrote:
Really, that's the impression you got? Alonso was glued to Hulk practically the whole race, and made multiple attempts to overtake him. If he'd been in front, he would have built a gap easily.
McLaren was slower than Renault in qualifying, but not in the race.
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Duke Nukem Forever and Deus EX: Human Revolution are now up for pre-order on Steam!
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Quote from: TTYT on May 09, 2011, 12:27:25 PM
Keep in mind, if you invested the $45 it costs to pre-order Duke Nukem, you would have $137,000 by the time the game actually comes out.
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Video Games are now legally recognized as art by the NEA, Roger Ebert told to suck grapes:
http://gaming.icrontic.com/article/nea-video-games-are-an-art-form/
"Hey, you kids! Those boxes are for shipping! Not for creating a world of pure imagination!"
Got an email from the Duke Nukem First Access Club (if you have Borderlands on Steam, check your CD keys, you probably have a First Access Club code - enter it here) today - they wanted me to re-confirm my platform preference for the demo by May 15th. Methinks the demo is imminent...
Well, some stealth news here-
Yesterday, Direct2drive, one of the larger digital download sites, announced that they had been acquired by game rental place Gamefly. Hmmm. I wonder if some European outlet might snag Gamersgate next.
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In anticipation of releasing Skyrim soon, there's going to be a special version of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion released June 28th called the "5th Anniversary Edition," which will have a $10 off coupon for Skyrim included.
Basically, I'm assuming if you have the PC version with all the add-ons, all you'll really get is a nice Steelbook case and maps of the explorable area, but if you have the consoles it may (but not necessarily) mean that they'll fix that damn vampire bug once and for all.
And if the box on Amazon is to be believed, PS3 owners rejoice...the back cover art shown there says it adds trophy support. If that is, in fact, the official artwork for the box and not some mock-up crap, that's pretty nice. If they also include Vile Lair and all the other $1.99 apiece silliness (horse armor, anyone?) that everyone else got, that might mean PS3 owners finally don't get the shaft when it comes to Oblivion. Only took 'em five years, right?
Now, if Ubisoft gets around to re-releasing Assassin's Creed for the consoles with the Director's Cut edition the PC got with all the attendant bells and whistles, we'll be in business. And yes, I'm fully aware that it's, like, 3 additional missions or something, but hey, getting to play that again for any reason would be nice.
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG: http://www.sega.com/alienscolonialmarines/
No Predators in sight, it's being developed by Gearbox - and is a "true sequel" to Aliens (in other words, it ignores Alien 3. Whoo!):
http://kotaku.com/5807389/aliens-colonial-marines-a-true-sequel-to-james-camerons-classic-aliens-out-in-2012
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Nice. I'd heard that this had been in limbo for a long time with little hope it'd see the light of day.
One problem, though: considering the colony was, well, sort of NUKED in the second movie when the reactor blew up, wouldn't it be a little hard to go back to it and walk around? I'm just saying they could've more believably set up shop someplace else and it would've been just as much fun.
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Quote from: SJP on June 01, 2011, 01:00:17 PM
Or they could've just done a sort of remake of Aliens. I think the story for that would provide a great backbone for a game.
The trailer seemed to imply it takes place on the Sulaco - or at least starts there. Dunno, exactly. Although I'd assume there'd be hazard suits involved if it went back to LV-426.
Doctor Who?
Quote from: Scribblesense on May 09, 2011, 02:12:29 PM
Why is everyone always hating on Ebert?
He doesn't think video games are art,so what?
I am not sure if they art are not myself,and I am a die hard gamer.
He still does his job well,I think he is still the second best critic out there.
The way some people act you would think he had murdered their mothers or something.
Quote from: Doctor Who? on June 01, 2011, 06:06:27 PM
I've got nothing against Ebert...I often don't agree with him (and when we do agree, it's always on the weirdest movies), but the main reason people have a beef with Ebert is that he has gone on record defending movies as art. People see it as a little odd, then, that he'd say such harsh, negative things about video games, when his own beloved media of choice has gone through roughly the same thing in its lifetime.
To compare, it'd be like Michael Crichton telling people how movie adaptations, especially say, video games to movies, are horrible, pointless things to do, when he made millions on adapting his own books to film for years.
Michael Crichton never did anything of the sort in real life, mind you; I'm just pointing out how Ebert's position seems so odd and confusing considering the business he's in. Heck, it's almost like a video game murdered HIS mother, when you get right down to it.
Look I like games but I will be the first to admit they have not reached anywhere near the level of story telling that films have. I mean even the best video games feature characters that are barely 2d and plots that if they were films would be Micheal Bay movies.
There has yet to be a video game Citizen Kane or even The King's Speech. Once games have produced something with that level of character depth and amount to say then you can complain about people saying they are not as good as films until then I do not know what the big deal is.
He doesn't think they are as good as films he has that right. It doesn't make him a bad person and I sure don't think he should be personally attacked.
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Look I like games but I will be the first to admit they have not reached anywhere near the level of story telling that films have.
But I bet you know the difference between have not and can not, right? Because he claimed can not. And that is dumb.
He does his job well, and has made a very good career for himself, I'll give him that.
The problem is people listen to him, even when he is obviously running his ignorant mouth about subjects he himself claims he knows nothing about (re: video games). When he makes claims like that, the thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of people working in the video game industry, who have devoted their careers to making video games, have their work and passion completely invalidated. These people are invested in the industry and moving the industry forward - innovating outwards and upwards to create truly compelling and emotionally involving games.
There's a thing about art - when it's great, the people who have experienced it immediately want to share it. Art unifies people and cultures through shared experiences, and when somebody as high-profile and well-educated as Ebert makes methodically picks apart a medium to conclusively prove it is not art, people are going to listen and it will halt the progress and innovation the video game industry is trying to advance.
The man has never played a video game for more than fifteen minutes. To claim you can know every goddamn thing about a rapidly growing medium through outside observation is just pure arrogance.
What's amazing about games is they can tell a story and reveal character without consciously doing either. I got more attached to Yorda, Epona, Leliana and the fucking Companion Cube more than any character in any movie ever. Silent Hill 2 has plot elements more psychologically compelling and disturbing than Black Swan (or at least just as so). And Metal Gear Solid - well, it certainly has tons upon tons to say about everything.
Nobody is above criticism, especially when it's their job to know better and their opinion can be so damaging.
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The film is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman.
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Monetizing St. Augustine and The Leaning Tower of Pisa Effect
I spent the weekend in St. Augustine, Florida with my friend, Dusty Abshire. We had a lot of catching up to do and thought the backdrop of America’s oldest continuously occupied city would be perfect.
I had been to St. Augustine many times as a kid: I grew up just 35 miles away in South Jacksonville. My family often stopped there on the way south to visit relatives and my fourth grade class took a field trip there in 1960. Of course, I had not seen the place in more than 40 years, so I was curious about how it had changed.
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The St. Augustine I remember was like a teen age boy’s bedroom with smelly old clothes thrown around everywhere. It was a mess. You had all of this old stuff all around, a jumble of historical significance tossed about like dirty laundry and old comic books. There were only a few sites sort of converted into tourist stops: Castillo de San Marcos, Ripley’s Museum, The Old Jail and The Oldest House. That was about it.
I remember being most interested in The Old Jail as a kid: all of those scary stories of what would happen to us if we didn’t mind our Ps and Qs. I spent the $2 I brought along for such purposes to buy a set of rubber wrist manacles in the gift shop. Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum was a disappointment for this 10 year old. I wanted to see dog boys and Siamese Twins but this was more a museum than a sideshow.
I do remember our tour of the Fort: Castillo de San Marcos, a wonderful coquina structure that withstood attack after attack. I have carried one of the stories told on the tour 40 years ago with me ever since, a tale about a Seminole Indian chief held captive in one of the dank arched ceiling rooms in the place. He starved himself until he was thin enough to pull through a tiny window 20 feet above the floor and escape. Turned out, he wasn’t quite skinny enough, and though he did escape, he left several inches of stomach and side meat on the rough coquina edges of that window.
We toured the old fort again this weekend and I sought out not one, but two National Park Service guides to ask about that story. They concurred: it never happened. Seems in the sad years of St. Augustine’s past and my youth, the guides created many myths and legends, most of which were not true. Shucks.
St. Augustine today is a tourist Mecca. The locals have mastered the fine art of sucking dollars out of visitor wallets and are doing it on every corner. The result is that the city is full of people: riding around on one of the two big commercial sightseeing lines, eating endless stuff.
One of the ways in which the locals have learned to capitalize on their position as America’s oldest continuously occupied city is by doing ghost tours. With all of the old creaky buildings, all of the graveyards with barely readable headstones, there must be wandering spirits, right? Dusty had even seen a couple of paranormal investigation television shows set in the town. Today there are about a dozen different ghost tours operating in St. Augustine.
We took one. It was the highest rated Ghost Tour on TripAdvisor.com and we had to search a little to find its headquarters. Our guide was a delightful, though slightly tipsey man with a scratchy voice in a top hat. He walked us through the old city and told tale after tale. It was all very creepy and fun and well worth the price.
The next day, we asked about a few of the stories and learned that, like the tale of the Seminole chief held in the Castillo, they were mostly fabrications! Yes, the Spaniards did capture an invading French armada trapped in a storm. Yes, they did invite them to swear allegiance to Spain on the shore, but instead of only one agreeing, many accepted. Yes, they killed those who remained loyal to France, but they shot them. They didn’t behead them one by one until the water ran red. Oh, and the whole event occurred two miles south, not right in the yard of the great Castillo.
Yes, a small walled up room in the old fort had been discovered. There were even bones in there, but they weren’t the bones of the Captain’s wife and her Lieutenant lover chained to a wall and left to die by her jealous husband. They were chicken and pig bones. The room had been used for refuse during a long siege and had been walled up when the odor became too much.
Please understand: I’m not raging on St. Augustine. Not at all. It’s a great place to spend a long weekend and it is full of history and atmosphere. There’s even some really good pizza! But all of the historical significance is now packaged in a sticky sweet candy covering, irresistible to tourists. The town is like a giant bag of ruffled potato chips taunting, ‘Betcha can’t eat just one!’ And you can’t.
It reminds me of my first trip to Pisa decades ago. You know Pisa: the Leaning Tower. That structure has become the economic heart of the Italian town. It is its reason to be, the only reason anybody stops there. Oh, there’s lots of historical significance to Pisa, and lots to see. But people don’t go to Pisa for that: they go to see the tower and to take a trick photo or two.
I think every town needs a Leaning Tower of Pisa, a reason for people to come from elsewhere and spend a few dollars. St. Louis has its Arch, Seattle has the Space Needle, San Diego has the zoo, and Marietta (just north of Atlanta) has The Big Chicken. If St. Augustine wants to lay claim to tall tales and enhanced 3-D creepiness, I say, ‘Go For It!’ As every great History teacher knows: if you want your class to remember the names and dates, you have to make what happened then and there exciting!
Author James DingmanPosted on February 11, 2014 March 1, 2014 Tags commercialization, Ghost Tour, legends, St Augustine, TripadvisorLeave a comment on Monetizing St. Augustine and The Leaning Tower of Pisa Effect
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Guest post: Color in JP2
Rob Buckley, colour imaging expert and author of JPEG 2000 as a Preservation and Access Format for the Wellcome Library, writes about the implementation of colour space metadata in the JP2 format and planned changes to the specification to better accommodate this information.
When I talk about JPEG 2000, I point out that most if not all still image applications that use JPEG 2000, especially in the cultural heritage community, can be satisfied with the JP2 file format. JP2 is the basic file format defined in Part 1 of the JPEG 2000 standard, along with the core decoder. Part 2 of the standard defines extended versions of both the file format and decoder, offering features aimed at specialized or advanced applications.
One point of confusion about the use of JP2 has had to do with its support for color spaces. When we were developing JP2 in the late 1990’s (JPEG 2000 was intended to come out in 2000), the application that most influenced the design was digital photography—JP2 was expected to be the next digital camera format. So support for sRGB was built in, along with support for the YCC and grayscale versions of sRGB. Other RGB color spaces used for image capture would be supported by using ICC input profiles, leaving aside display and output profiles. However, not all ICC input profiles were allowed: support was restricted to the ones needed for grayscale and RGB image data. Not supported and considered too complex for applications without a full color management engine was the input profile type that used a full multi-dimensional lookup-table. So users had the choice of specifying color in a JP2 file by name as sRGB (or sYCC or sGray) or via a simple ICC input profile.
After the release of the JPEG 2000 standard, two things happened. First digital cameras kept exporting the JPEG Baseline format; when they added a new export format, it was Raw and not JP2. The drive was toward more creative control rather than better compression when what they had was good enough.
The second thing was that most people ended up using ICC display profiles for RGB spaces rather than input profiles. A small thing you’d think, especially when the only difference between the display profiles they used and the input profiles supported by JP2 was the profile class value in the profile’s header: except for that, the data content of the two profile types is identical for RGB color spaces. As a result, I could take a JP2 file containing an RGB display profile (which technically makes the JP2 file illegal) change the profile class from display to input (by changing four bytes in the profile header and leaving everything else the same) and produce a legal JP2 file. It turns out that most readers ignore this value anyway and read the file fine either way. Using the extended file format was no help because it only extended color support to all types of input profiles, plus some other named and vendor-specified color spaces.
This confusion needed to be addressed as more and more institutions are using JP2 as a long-term preservation format, where predictability and clarity are prized. The solution is straightforward: amend the JP2 file format specification, aligning it with current practice so that it supports ICC display profiles as well as the set of input profiles it supports now.
And this is what is happening. Richard Clark and I led an activity that culminated in the JPEG 2000 committee approving a new activity to amend JP2 when it met this past February in Tokyo. This means that JP2 will support a wide range of RGB color spaces, which was the original intent, via both ICC input and display profiles. Since the JP2 spec was first issued, the ICC spec has undergone a major revision from V2 to V4 and been issued as an ISO standard. While this revision hardly affects the profiles used for RGB color spaces, it will also be addressed as part of the amendment. (The amendment will also address the ambiguity in the JP2 definition of resolution that Johan van der Knijff has brought up on this blog.)
The final outcome of all this will be a JP2 file format standard that aligns with current practice; supports RGB spaces such as Adobe RGB 1998, ProPhoto RGB and eci RGB v2; and provides a smooth migration path from TIFF masters as JP2 increasingly becomes used as an image preservation format.
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Misty De Meo said...
Very good to hear! It sounds like this resolves the major outstanding issues.
Does the resolution amendment affect the field that results in the ambiguity between various encoders as how to encode resolution?
What is the anticipated timeline for the amendment? When would you anticipate encoders supporting the amended format?
Johan van der Knijff said...
For a detailed explanation of the resolution issue (along with a number of additional observations on the colour issue), you might want to check out this paper in the latest issue of D-Lib:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may11/vanderknijff/05vanderknijff.html
It should take about a year for the amendment to make its way through the ISO process. We already have a draft of the amendment, which should be close enough to the final text for people to start making plans.
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I agree, for the most part, but don’t you feel as if the issue is more complex than that?
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Sightline Volume 19—Adar I 22 5779
The Covenant Classroom:
Educating for the Heart
https://www.covenantfn.org/articles/listening-heart-lessons-jewish-storyteller/
“There are people out there who are educating their hearts as we speak. We must retrain our vision toward those people—we must develop eyes to see and ears to hear where that love is already happening—that is worth our energy and our care and our time, to tend that love, to show that love ourselves.”
—Krista Tippett, Founder and CEO, The On Being Project
This month in Sight Line, we explore what it means to educate for the heart via the teachings of several notable educators.
A Listening Heart: Lessons from a Jewish Storyteller
“Ribono shel olam, God of the Universe, listen to my heart and my voice as I stand before You, wanting to tell our story. Help me to understand and find the right feelings and words with which to transmit the tale. Make my voice expressive and clear so that the collective wisdom of our people can reach the hearts of those who listen…”
—Peninnah Schram, “My Storyteller’s Prayer,” Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another, (Jason Aronson, an Imprint of Rowman and Littlefield, 1987), p. xxxv.
For Peninnah Schram, 1995 Covenant Award recipient and internationally renowned storyteller, the power of the spoken word was woven into the fabric of her childhood in New London, Connecticut, growing up with her father, Hazzan Samuel E. Manchester, and her mother, Dora Markman Manchester.
“I was blessed with parents who told me stories and the love of story was planted in my imagination,” Peninnah said. “My parents were given a legacy of the oral tradition from their parents which they handed down to me.”
Particularly vivid for Peninnah is the memory of her father chanting the Hineniprayer on the High Holidays.
“He began to walk slowly from the back of the synagogue to the bimah, haltingly, dramatically, chanting by heart, and pleading with his whole heart on behalf of the congregation, his voice coming from deep within him – at times both arms outstretched to the heavens,” she shared.
It was this High Holiday experience that introduced Peninnah to the art of storytelling. “I began to know the power of having words clearly articulated, musical rhythm and timing, pause and silence, readiness to begin as well as bringing the audience along with you in the story journey, and feeling the images communicated expressively through the body and voice holistically,” she said. Peninnah’s mother also had an influence on her storytelling by telling her secular teaching tales. Inspired by her parents, as well as Elie Wiesel and Ruth Rubin – a Yiddish folksinger and ethnomusicologist – the roots of Peninnah’s future profession were planted early on.
For decades, Peninnah has shared her stories and wisdom with the world, beginning in 1969 at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, where she taught Speech and Drama. At the time, Peninnah was also volunteering to record books for the blind at The Jewish Braille Institute. She loved a book of folktales she had recorded. After discovering her students at Stern College didn’t know much about Jewish folktales, she realized she had work to do—namely, to begin sharing sacred and secular Jewish folktales of all genres with children, in person, so that these jewels of Jewish culture wouldn’t be lost on another generation. Together with storyteller Laura Simms, Peninnah created a weekly program at the 92nd Street Y called “Fire, Water, Stone & Air” in which they would perform dramatic, participatory tellings of stories from around the world. Later she created another storytelling workshop, along with her Stern College students. This one focused on Jewish tales and was titled “Kernels of a Pomegranate.”
Though the term “experiential education” was not yet popular, the program was an experience—and included creative dramatics, movement, music, and art. Through this work, Peninnah developed and refined an entire repertoire of Jewish stories and folktales, later becoming the resident storyteller at The Jewish Museum.
It wasn’t long before Peninnah’s reputation for the art of storytelling became widely known. She became a Professor of Speech and Drama at Yeshiva University’s Stern College and the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. Then, in 1974, she was offered the opportunity to create a Storytelling course as part of the Speech and Drama curriculum. Peninnah ultimately taught at YU until her retirement as Professor Emerita in 2015.
These days, Peninnah continues to share her storytelling wisdom with the field of Jewish Education. In addition to teaching at a number of conferences, including NewCAJE and Limmud, she presents storytelling programs and workshops at synagogues, universities, and festivals across the US, Canada, and Israel.
Peninnah has always believed in the power of storytelling to pave the way for a brighter future and, given the divisive political climate of today, she finds storytelling as relevant as ever for educators looking for tools with which to teach the next generation values like kindness and empathy.
“Sharing stories creates a bond between people,” Peninnah said. “Once we know someone’s story, we can no longer be enemies because we develop empathy that, in turn, leads to relationships. That’s why stories still work – why they still have power and importance in our world.”
A shared storytelling experience enables listeners to “walk in the shoes” of the storyteller and the characters in the story and also to understand peers on a deeper level, Peninnah explained. That emotional exchange emerges from the deeply human endeavor in which one imagines oneself as the storyteller and the sadness, joy, or other emotions one would feel having been through the same experience.
The powerful human-to-human exchange between storyteller and listeners needs to happen face-to-face for the development of empathy, compassion, and community, Peninnah emphasized.
“There’s just no substitute for the human voice telling a story directly – with people looking at each other – listening to each other,” she said. “It is through the senses that one recalls emotions. It is the emotions that cause one to act in concert with one’s own group and to integrate the aspirations of the individuals with the ideals of their community.”
In addition to promoting empathy, storytelling is a powerful educational method because it “sets the story in the heart,” she noted. As the storyteller speaks, the essence of the story and its lessons are reinforced in the storyteller’s memory and the listener’s memory, and as the story reaches deep into the audience, they are changed and moved at the same time. “The voice is the messenger of the heart. We tell stories with the voice from the heart to reach the hearts of others,” she said.
Storytelling is vital to answering what Peninnah refers to as “heart questions,” the ultimate questions we are all trying to answer throughout our lives. Who are my people? How did they live? How should I live? What are my values? What is the legacy I want to leave for my children and the world?
Judaism is rich with sacred literature – Torah, Talmud, Midrashim, and a secular oral tradition that includes folktales, fairytales, fables, parables, tall tales, mystical tales and supernatural tales – which all set out to answer these questions.
“Shared stories become guides for desirable conduct and values,” Peninnah said. “Passed down from generation to generation, these communal stories educate and develop group identity in a creative and inspiring way. While stories delight, they also teach, and the images of the story remain in the imagination forever. These images then serve as a trigger to recall the lesson itself and contribute to moral development and Jewish identity.”
For educators hoping to incorporate storytelling into their classrooms and lessons, Peninnah offers practical advice that begins with a simple and singular suggestion: practice just listening. A class can walk outside and listen to the sounds around them and their nuances, listen to music and identify the instruments, or practice awareness of the stillness when in a quiet room. She also suggests becoming aware of body language and vocal tone when people are speaking by watching TV or a film with the sound turned down. Teachers and students can also search for a story they love and then share it with the whole class. The more students and teachers practice telling stories, the better. Educators who need a story for teaching a particular topic or theme can search in the Jewish Storytelling Coalition Directory and then contact a professional Jewish storyteller who can provide specialized coaching and guidance.
One of Peninnah’s favorite Jewish teachings comes from the book of Kings I, in which God asks King Solomon what he wishes for. Solomon responds not by asking God for long life, or for riches, or for the destruction of his enemies. Rather, Peninnah cites, Solomon asks for a lev shomea, a “listening heart,” for he understood that it is through listening and gaining a deep understanding of the experience of others that we can acquire true wisdom and only then can we make informed and compassionate choices of how to act in our world.
Although we may not be able to receive wisdom directly from God in the way that Solomon did, we can all begin the journey to acquiring a lev shomea through storytelling.
“We, as storytellers, should listen to the kinds of stories we need to tell,” Peninnah said. “We must listen to the message of the story and feel its importance to our lives. We must listen to the rhythm of the story, as to a musical composition. We must listen to the silences within the story. We must listen to what the listeners of the story need to hear.”
By Yonah Kirschner, for The Covenant Foundation. Photo by Zion Ozeri.
More to Consider:
Tamar Alexander-Frizer, The Heart Is a Mirror: The Sephardic Folktale (Wayne State University Press, December 6, 2007)
Molly Cone, Who Knows Ten: Children’s Tales of the Ten Commandments (Urj Press; Revised edition, June 1990)
Sharon Barcan Elswit, The Jewish Story Finder: A Guide to 668 Tales Listing Subjects and Sources (McFarland & Company; 2nd edition, July 27, 2012)
Barbara Diamond Goldin, A Child’s Book of Midrash: 52 Jewish Stories from the Sages (Jason Aronson, an Imprint of Rowman and Littlefield; First Edition, July 7, 1977)
Goldie Milgram, Ellen Frankel, Peninnah Schram, Cherie Karo Schwartz, Arthur Strimling, eds., Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning(Reclaiming Judaism, November 23, 2011)
Peninnah Schram, ed.,Chosen Tales: Stories Told by Jewish Storytellers (Jason Aronson, an Imprint of Rowman and Littlefield, July 1, 1995)
Vanessa Boris, What Makes Storytelling So Effective For Learning? (Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning, December 20, 2017)
Matthew James Friday, Why Storytelling in the Classroom Matters (Edutopia, July 11, 2014)
Annette Labovitz, The Effectiveness of Storytelling in Jewish Education (The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education, January 15, 2000
Timm Lott, Ditch the grammar and teach children storytelling instead (The Guardian, May 19, 2017)
Clayton Schuster, How a Jewish Storytelling Tradition Is Reflected in Contemporary Art (Hyperallergic, December 11, 2017)
Sierra Semmel, Learning more than Hebrew through storytelling (Maine Campus, February 4, 2019)
Daniel J. Solomon, The Ancient Art of Jewish Storytelling Gets A Reboot, In Podcasts And Classes (Forward, May 28, 2017)
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Aporias Abstract Group Exhibition at Mirus Gallery in SanFrancisco (CA)
Anatoly Akue – Christian Calabro – Julia Benz
Oliver Vernon – Quintessenz – Seleka
“The aporia of art, pulled between regression to literal magic or surrender of the mimetic impulse to thing like rationality, dictates its law of motion; the aporia cannot be eliminated. The depth of the process, which every artwork is, is excavated by the irreconcilability of these elements; it must be imported into the idea of art as an image of reconciliation.”
Theodor W. Adorno, Esthetic Theory(3)
One of the popular definitions of Aporia is “an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect”. Yet there is much more to this word and its use as a tool to penetrate further for truth through a paradoxical questioning and deconstructing of a subject. Mirus Gallery San Francisco presents “Aporias” a group exhibition of international artists whose work revolves around the absence of narrative or a representational subject. At quick glance one might call the work abstract, yet I prefer to acknowledge the fact that these emerging artists work is detached from a historical sense or the term abstract painter. By leaving representational elements out of their work it has now become a form of representational abstraction. This new found paradox is where I have focused the lens to view this group of emerging artists. By removing something and creating a void, a new something is gained. “Aporias” reflects a new look at emerging artists working within this new post-historical subject of ambiguity, that ask more questions than they answer, and as the title suggests are a “a useful expression of doubt”. It is this raising of doubt through painting that each artist exhibiting represents through their work.
(quote Mirus Gallery)
Photos by Katie Johnson
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Trump administration says no lawsuits over border killings
Agents fired shots across border, killed two teenagers
By Mark Sherman
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration says families of Mexican teenagers who were shot to death by American border agents should not be allowed to sue for damages in U.S. courts.
The administration is telling the Supreme Court in a brief filed Thursday that the justices should take up and resolve the issue in favor of two agents who fired shots across the U.S-Mexican border that killed the teenagers.
In both cases, U.S. Border Patrol agents say they fired their guns because they were being attacked by people throwing rocks on the Mexican side of the border.
One incident occurred on the border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez. In the other, an agent in Nogales, Arizona, shot a 16-year-old in Mexico 10 times.
The federal appeals court in San Francisco has allowed a lawsuit to proceed in the Arizona case against agent Lonnie Swartz.
An appellate panel in New Orleans said agent Jesus Mesa Jr. could not be sued by the family of the teenager he killed.
In both cases, the losing side appealed to the high court.
The Justice Department said the differing appellate outcomes presents a clear split that the nation's highest court should settle.
The administration said the San Francisco court had "erroneously" extended the right to sue in American courts over the death of a citizen of another country on foreign soil.
The Justice Department made its filing at the court's request. The justices often will ask for the government's views on pending legal issues.
If the justices agree to hear the case, arguments would take place next term, with a decision likely by June 2020.
In December, federal prosecutors decided not to try Swartz a third time for killing Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in 2012. Swartz was acquitted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges in the first two trials, but jurors deadlocked over a lesser charge.
The Justice Department declined to pursue criminal charges against Mesa and also rejected a request to extradite the agent for trial in Mexico in the killing of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca in 2010.
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National (or Foreign) Population and Talent Division?
I refer to the article “Some 150,000 more foreigners may be needed by 2030” (Straits Times, Nov 13).
It states that “The National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) made these estimates in an occasional paper released yesterday, noting that the figures “are not targets””.
Instead of focusing on those sectors which are projected to need more foreign workers, shouldn’t the NPTD also be telling us about those sectors which need more Singaporeans in the future, compared to the current mix of Singaporeans and foreigners in the various sectors?
Focus on foreigners or Singaporeans?
Does it not make you wonder whether the NPTD should perhaps be more appropriately called the F (Foreign) PTD, since it seems to be more focused on foreigners rather than Singaporeans?
For example, in a previous paper, the NPTD said that Singapore needs 25,000 new citizens a year.
Message is we need more foreigners?
I particularly liked National University of Singapore sociologist Tan Ern Ser’s remarks that “But he acknowledged that some might well see the paper “as another attempt to justify letting in more foreigners, and to set higher targets, despite the paper reiterating that it reports only projections and not targets”, because I think he hit it right on the nail that the overall message seems to be telling us that we need more foreign workers.
As to “More broadly, NPTD’s paper is unlikely to spark further unhappiness as “it deals with three sectors that are not particularly attractive employment or career-wise for Singaporeans”, said Tan Ern Ser”, why did the NPTD choose to talk only about these three sectors that don’t really affect Singaporeans’ jobs?
Well, perhaps as commented, “it is unlikely to spark further unhappiness”, and yet perhaps sends out the overall message that we need more foreigners, particularly to readers who only glance at the headlines.
How clever it seems!
Don’t tighten foreign worker tap?
On the same day, there was an article “NMP’s plea: Help SMEs adapt to change” (Straits Times, Nov 13) which said “He wants a slowdown in the tightening of the foreign worker tap”.
Less foreigners = Slower growth?
On the same day, there was also an article “Can Singapore adjust to a low-growth paradigm?” (Straits Times, Nov 13) which said “The stricter foreign labour regime has led to the Government having to forgo $1.1 billion of potential tax revenue, and 35,800 jobs were forgone as a result of the stricter labour policy, estimated Dr Chua”.
So, the message seems to be that less foreign workers may mean slower economic growth.
Foreign workers contribute to lower Singaporeans’ wages?
On the same day, the article “Top 1% earn annual average of $700k” (Straits Times, Nov 13) said “among full-time workers, 100,000 Singaporeans and 10,000 permanent residents earned less than $1,000 a month”.
So, to what extent has the influx of foreign workers contributed to so many low-wage Singaporeans?
Encourage part-time work at low pay?
On the same day, another article “Retirees, housewives for part-time eldercare jobs?” said “The Government hopes to reduce the demand for full-time workers caring for the elderly by encouraging retirees and housewives to work part-time in the sector”.
Hopefully, these part-time workers will not earn only about $4 an hour, like part-time security guards in the recent initiative to get Singaporeans to work part-time in the security sector.
So many job seekers?
On the same day, the article “CDCs get jobs for 3,400 in Q3” (Straits Times, Nov 13) said “About 3,400 job-seekers were placed with employers by Singapore’s five community development councils from July to September, 25 per cent more than in the same period last year. They represented more than half of the 6,200 looking for training and job opportunities at the time”.
Labour crunch: Really?
So, if there is really a labour crunch, such that even a shop in Little India had to place an “apology” advertisement in a newspaper, apologising for it having to have one staff serving five customers instead of one-to-one, because of labour shortage, why are there about 24,800 (6,200 x 4 quarters) job seekers at the CDCs in a year, and the seasonally adjusted figures for the number of unemployed at 59,600 for residents and 53,000 for citizens?
At the current rate of about 13,600 (3,400 x 4 quarters) job seekers being placed, it may appear to be lower than last year’s job placement statistics, as according to the Department of Statistics’ Monthly Digest of Statistics Singapore June 2012, job seekers attended to by the CDCs and e2i, was 99,608 and 100,504, in 2010 and 2011, respectively, and job seekers placed in employment was 17,732 and 14,223, respectively.
This works out to a declining placement rate of 18 and 14 per cent, respectively.
So many apply for social assistance?
As to “Meanwhile, applications for social assistance fell to 13,200 in the third quarter, down 11 per cent on the three months before. But this was still marginally higher than in the same period last year”, does this mean that about 52,800 (13,200 x 4 quarters) needy families apply for social assistance in a year, in addition to existing needy families who are already on social assistance?
To what extent has the influx of foreign labour contributed to the above?
So, six stories in one newspaper in a day – don’t you get the naggy feeling that the overall message may be – we need more foreign workers, or else?
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Trumping The Constitution
I’m not one of those old people who is always looking back in time through rose-colored glasses–“remembering” that families were closer, people were friendlier, children were seen and not heard, etc. etc. Those memories are highly suspect, if not deliberately dishonest.
That said, I do miss the Republican Party of my younger days. It’s true that it always had a right-wing fringe, but before that fringe took control and ran reasonable people out, the GOP I worked for was filled with admirable, public-spirited men and women.
I thought about those “good old days” when I read that a group of former GOP lawmakers had written a letter to Republicans in Congress, urging them to void Trump’s “Emergency” declaration.
A group of 23 former Republican lawmakers, including former Defense Secretary under the Obama administration Chuck Hagel, signed a letter urging Republicans in Congress to pass a joint resolution that would terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration over the border wall.
In an open letter to GOPers, the former lawmakers argued that Congress should not allow the President to “circumvent congressional authority.” They also questioned how willing lawmakers are to undermine the Constitution.
“How much are you willing to undermine both the Constitution and the Congress in order to advance a policy outcome that by all other legitimate means is not achievable?” they wrote.
One of the signatories to that letter was former Indiana Senator Dick Lugar.
The contrast between the Republican Party of Lugar and Hudnut and the party of McConnell and Trump is devastating. The Republicans who currently “serve” Indiana in the House and Senate (please note quotation marks around the word serve) are a sorry group of wanna-be’s, terrified that they will run afoul of the party’s rabid, racist base if they confront a President they know to be corrupt, ignorant and dangerously incompetent.
The letter from party elders was blunt: support for Trump’s “Emergency” is an attack on the Constitution. Failure to oppose it is failure to serve the national interest. And yet, every single Republican member of Indiana’s House delegation caved. Faced with a choice between serving their country and falling into line for Trump, they chose Trump.
Emergency powers are intended to allow Presidents to act when there is not time for Congress to do so. If the President can overrule Congress when it has acted, simply by declaring an emergency, there is no longer a separation of powers. Congress is neutered.
The lawyers in Indiana’s delegation, especially, fully understood the import of their votes. (And yes, Susan Brooks, we are looking at you.)
In an eloquent essay in the Atlantic, Eliot Cohen described these Republicans.
Talk to them privately, and they will confess that there is no emergency at the southern border—there is a problem, to be sure, but one whose seriousness has actually diminished over time. They know that the congressional leadership had the votes to build walls there for the first two years of the administration but did not manage it. They know, for that matter, that border security involves much more than walls. They know that the president is invoking emergency powers as an electoral ploy, and because he is impatient.
They know, in their timid breasts, that they would have howled with indignation if Barack Obama had declared a national emergency in such a circumstance. As they stare at their coffee cup at breakfast, the thought occurs to them that a future left-wing president could make dangerous use of these same powers—because Speaker Nancy Pelosi rubbed that fact in their face. Some of the brighter ones might even realize that emergency powers are a favored tool of authoritarians everywhere.
But they are afraid. They are afraid of being primaried. They are afraid of being called out by the bully whom they secretly despise but to whom they pledge public fealty. They are afraid of having to find another occupation than serving in elective office. And the most conceited of the lot—and there are quite a few of those, perhaps more in the Senate than in the House—think that it would be a tragedy if the country no longer had their service at its disposal.
I didn’t always agree with Dick Lugar’s policy preferences. (I didn’t always agree with Bill Hudnut’s, and I worked in his administration.) But I respected them both, and I respected the many, many other persons of integrity and intelligence who called the GOP their political home before it devolved into a cult composed of racists and moral midgets.
I miss them.
Shelia Kennedy - March 3, 2019
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Updates on OAS, Venezuela and Brazil (June 15, 2016)
The Organization of American States has prohibited civil society groups from being present in the 46th General Assembly, reports CEJIL in a press release denouncing the decision. In an email on Monday, the OAS announced that because of "space limitations," civil society organizations would be invited instead to watch the meetings on television screens in a nearby hotel.
Meanwhile, the United States and Venezuela have agreed to begin a direct, bi-lateral dialogue, El Pais reports. Secretary of State John Kerry initiated the dialogue with Venezuelan foreign minister Delcy Rodriguez; the two will seek to ease mounting tensions between the two countries and, ultimately, re-establish ambassadors. Though Washington has expressed support for the Venezuelan opposition's recall referendum, along with the decision of OAS secretary-general Luis Almagro to evoke the Democratic Charter (see June 3 briefing), the move to establish dialogue with Venezuela has been interpreted by some as backing down. "At this moment, I think it's more constructive to have dialogue than to isolate" Venezuela, Kerry said.
RealClearWorld has an helpful op-ed explaining other countries' actions toward Venezuela and asking when the international community will intercede. "Venezuela's decline into crisis has been years in the making, but up until recently, only a few former heads of state were willing to speak up...the key focus should not merely be the ousting of the regime, but rather what must be done in order to extricate the Venezuelan people from this horrific situation," writes Jason Marczak, the director of Atlantic Council's Latin America Center.
Reuters reports that a man was shot during looting and food riots in Cumana, Venezuela, Tuesday, bringing to at least four the total fatalities during this month's wave of unrest.
Igarapé Institute's latest Homicide Dispatch examines the relationship between organized crime and lethal violence, noting that while criminal and gang violence may be responsible for as much as a third of all homicides in the Western Hemisphere, organized crime groups can also reduce homicides by imposing order where state institutions are weak and ineffective.
Igarapé's recent report on safe cities has sparked a regional debate, with media outlets weighing in from Nicaragua, Argentina, Ecuador (where the president cited the report!) and elsewhere. The authors published a piece in the Guardian explaining the study and some lessons learned.
A Brazilian high court dealt a major legal setback to ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva by referring a corruption investigation involving him back to a crusading lower-court judge who has jailed many powerful Brazilians on corruption charges, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Supreme Court took over the case in March after judge Sergio Moro released a wire-tap conversation between Lula and Dilma Rousseff, alleged evidence that his appointment to her cabinet was a move to guard him from prosecution, TeleSur reports. Moro was removed from the case while the leak's legality was investigated. The Supreme Court determined the wiretap is inadmissible as evidence and returned the case to Moro.
Meanwhile, Brazil's Congressional Ethics Committee voted to strip suspended Speaker Eduardo Cunha of his seat Tuesday for allegedly lying about undeclared swiss bank accounts, Reuters reports. Cunha insisted on his innocence and said he would appeal to another congressional committee. To remove him, a majority of the lower house of Congress would need to affirm the decision.
El Salvador confirmed its first case of Zika-related microcephaly Tuesday, Reuters reports. Forty-eight babies have been born this year with the condition, but this is the first in which the virus was detected, reports Diario de Hoy. The Ministry of Health said it was monitoring 274 pregnant women who had presented Zika symptoms. More microcephaly cases should be expected.
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Aesop's Fables by Gerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Characters include a wolf, a lamb, a lion, a mouse, three ants, a grasshopper, an owl, a dog, a tortoise, and a hare.
Run Time Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] Each story could be played separately.
Style One-act play for children - a narrated dramatisation of four of Aesop's fables. Very flexible format - no specific props or set needed and the stories could be presented individually or as a set.
Synopsis Four tales in which wolf bullies lamb, mouse befriends lion, ants ignore grasshopper and tortoise out-runs hare.
Aesop's Fables - The Musical by Gerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Characters include mice, a cat, a wolf, a lion and four foxes.
Music Sheet music (piano and vocal) for five songs and two instrumentals is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script.
Style Simple one-act musical for kids - a prologue and four of Aesop's fables.
(A version of this collection of tales is available without the songs as Aesop's Fables II.)
Synopsis A group of mice are delighted by their plan for constraining the local cat - until it comes to executing the plan.
Meanwhile, a lion falls in love, a boy ruins his chance of promotion in the shepherding business, and a fox tries to make the most of a fashion disaster.
(They all make a song and dance of it!)
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
Aesop's Fables II by Gerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. Characters include mice, a cat, a lion, sheep, a wolf and foxes.
Style One-act play for children - a dramatisation of four of Aesop's fables. Very flexible format - no specific set needed and the stories could be presented individually or as a set.
Meanwhile, a lion falls in love, a boy ruins his chance of promotion in the shepherding business, and a fox tries to make the most of a fashion disaster!
(A musical version of this set of stories is available as Aesop's Fables - The Musical)
Aesop's Fables III by Gerald P. Murphy
Roles Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Characters include farm animals, crows and various rodents. (Whilst they have gender-specific names, they're animals, and the gender of the actors is irrelevant!)
Synopsis Tales of resourceful crows, splitting hares, bovine buffoonery and meals for mice.
(If Aesop lived today, he would be inspired by the video of Tool-Making Crows on YouTube.)
Aesop's Famous Fables and Twisted Tales by Peter Nuttall
Roles Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Whilst some of the characters are nominally gendered, it's only a mater of pronouns! Contains anthropomorphism.
Music The producer's copy of the script comes with the score for the concluding song.
Style One-act play, ending in a song. Could be performed by children or by adults to an audience of children.
Synopsis Four stories for Aesop's extensive collection, about a Tortoise and Hare, a lion and a mouse, the belly and its team, and the battle between the Sun and the North Wind.
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
Alderman Whittington's Cat by Stuart Ardern
Roles Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Some characters are written as male and some as female, but gender isn't important in casting.
Music There are spaces for song and dance routines to be added into the script, at the producer's discretion. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
Style Pantomime in rhyming quadrameters (and a rap). No set required, but you might go to town on the props.
Synopsis He went to London penniless
And found the town in a mess.
He solved the problems with such flair
He rose to be the city's mayor.
This is the story of his climb
Dick Whittington - a play in rhyme!
The Alphabet Trip by Sherrill S. Cannon
Roles Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. Any number of children at the Producer's discretion.
Run Time Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] Dependent on songs used.
Music Nine song suggestions are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
Style A rhyming script with songs, for young children.
Synopsis Every letter of the alphabet is covered and songs illustrate particular ones along the way.
Androcles and the Lion by Peter Bond
Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. The chorus - of soldiers, slaves, Christians and lions - is optional.
Style Short rhyming fable for kids.
Synopsis Androcles is a man who loves all living things - he's even reluctant to kill a lamb to feed himself. So when a lion appears, he's less worried about it eating his sheep and more concerned that there's a thorn in it's paw. Helping this lion turns out to be a good move in the long term...
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12 Ways of Christmas
When it comes to shopping and social commitments, the message from our experts is clear: Christmas is not a race — slow down, take deep breaths and plan ahead. Rushing on the roads and trolley rage could have significant short and long-term effects on people’s health, they said.
A small study of shoppers conducted in the UK in December 2008 showed a 10 per cent increase in heart rates and potentially dangerous high blood pressure readings after just 75 minutes of Saturday Christmas shopping on a busy high street.
The research, carried out by the University of East London, found that feelings of stress and irritability rose considerably, with men’s stress levels doubling during the shopping spree. Women were almost three times as stressed and almost half (47 per cent) suffered a headache when gift shopping.
“Deep breathing activates your nervous system and forces you to relax, ” exercise physiologist Jodie Hopkins said. “If you are in a stressful state, even in the shopping centre carpark, stop where you are and take 10 deep breaths through your abdomen. Fully inflate and expand the abdomen with each breath and you will feel calmer and able to carry on.”
So, planning ahead, whittling down the wish list and starting sooner could save your heart and your head.
PREPARE FOOD PROPERLY
Hot weather, unwashed hands, uncovered food and cross-contamination combine to make 5.4 million Australians sick annually, according to the Food Safety Information Council. To avoid giving people the unenviable gift of food poisoning, follow the council’s Choose, Clean, Chill, Cook and Separate strategy. Choose a manageable menu; fridges and bench spaces should be clean; food should not stay unrefrigerated for more than four hours; food should be cooked right through and foods should be separated at all stages, including in the shopping bags. Visit public.health.wa.gov.au or check with your local health authority.
LIMIT FAT AND SUGAR
Standing next to the nibbles table while downing cocktails and spirits was the surest way to rack up the Christmas calories, dietitian Julie Meek said.
“Don’t be a squirrel, move away from the table or you will nibble, ” she said. “The safest way to stop yourself eating snacks that are high in fat, salt and sugar is to issue a blanket ban. They are not worthy, they will make you thirsty and you will drink more — you don’t need to add that to what you have already eaten”
Eating breakfast and small meals combining complex carbohydrates and protein before a Christmas party would keep the urge to overindulge at bay, she said. Mixer soft drinks high in sugar should be swapped for low-kilojoule alternatives such as lime and soda, while yoghurt, fruit, salads and finger food such as Vietnamese spring rolls and sushi were great alternatives to richer high-sugar and fat foods such as party pies and sausage rolls.
Train smarter and use shorter power bursts and be flexible with your schedule, says exercise physiologist Jodie Hopkins. “Christmas is such a busy time and fitness routines are the first to fall apart, ” Ms Hopkins said. “Plan activity into your day and set aside 20 minutes every day for structured exercise. Just be active and do something different to keep it interesting.”
Ms Hopkins said people should do their best and be realistic about what was achievable according to their fitness levels.
MANAGE EXPECTATIONS
A lack of communication, unrealistic family expectations and money worries often combined to bring a negative charge to celebrations, said Relationships Australia counsellor Mary-Jo Morgan. Old family tensions were exacerbated during a time when people would reflect on the year gone by.
“People are often locked into a role within their family setting, ” Ms Morgan said. “Sometimes that role can be a burden. It’s important to think about how you want other people to see you and not to let their expectations derail you. Try to stay centred as much as possible.”
The pressure to buy the latest trendy gifts and to see everyone in a 24-hour period could be solved by agreeing to gift-buying limits and spreading the celebrations over several days. Meeting with family members before Christmas Day could defuse tensions, while family counselling beforehand could help recently separated or split families negotiate a peaceful way forward. “Christmas is about the kids and it’s important that adult issues are put aside during this time, ” she said.
In a survey compiled by headspace — Australia’s national youth mental health foundation — in December 2011, 58 per cent of the 500 young people aged 12 to 25 surveyed cited “tensions between family members” as a key reason for feeling negative about Christmas, while 52 per cent cited financial pressures.
GO EASY ON THE ALCOHOL
Apart from the extra calories, drinking to excess over the festive season can add fuel to strained relationships, impair judgment and add to fatigue, with some far-reaching health consequences. Royal Perth Hospital emergency physician Michelle Johnston said December was an especially busy time, with alcohol playing a significant part in about 90 per cent of overnight emergency admissions.
“Year after year, we talk about the major incidents involving alcohol that lead to serious traffic accidents and things like people diving into shallow pools, ” Dr Johnston said.
“But we also see an undercurrent of people who end up in the observation ward, especially during the weekends in December, who have done something out of character while under the influence. It’s a heady mix of family and societal expectations that celebrations will involve more alcohol than usual.”
Dr Johnston said people of all ages could find themselves in the emergency department after “letting their hair down” a little too much. Others experienced parasuicidal feelings and were more likely to self-harm during the festive season, but often those feelings would dissipate once the alcohol had worn off. “Some people go through life-altering events during this time and these are average people who wouldn’t normally have a problem with alcohol. Space your drinks, eat something when you’re drinking and have alcohol-free days every week — schedule them in, ” she said.
GET ENOUGH SLEEP
It seems the old rule of thumb — eight hours a night — is an ideal amount of sleep for a healthy life and can be crucial during the busy festive season.
According to a Deakin University report released in September, those sleeping six hours or less have severely restricted wellbeing, while those who sleep between seven and nine hours a night — about two-thirds of the population — have normal or above normal wellbeing.
The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index survey links lack of sleep to higher rates of stress and anxiety among its 2000 respondents. “Sleep closely correlates to people’s overall wellbeing, ” said the report’s lead author, Robert Cummins, head of Deakin University’s Australian Centre on Quality of Life. “Those who sleep six hours a night report significantly lower levels of satisfaction with their health and safety, which are linked to higher anxiety. This, in turn, can cause, or be caused by, a lack of sleep, ” Professor Cummins said. “The findings were consistent across all age groups.”
GO FOR HEALTH SCREENINGS AND TREATMENTS
A research study released this month by a central online healthcare booking portal reported that almost one in two people would allow their medical condition to worsen when they could not find an available appointment at a time that suited them. The 12-month online study, conducted by 1stavailable.com.au, quizzed 6500 participants and found 51 per cent postponed everything from GP visits, dental, chiropractic and massage treatment and 59 per cent experienced increased pain resulting from their condition. The Healthcare Access Study found that when their preferred practitioner was unavailable, only one in three sought treatment elsewhere. Of these, 60 per cent felt frustrated by the process of finding and booking a different healthcare appointment.
With appointments already scarce, the study highlighted the need for people to plan ahead before services closed for the festive season, 1stavailable.com.au executive chairman Klaus Bartosch said.
PUT SAFETY FIRST
Whether it’s badly made or small parts, poor assembly or incorrect use, new toys and equipment pose the biggest risk to children’s health over the holidays. Along with near-drownings and sunburn, falls from scooters, skateboards and trampolines accounted for a majority of summer admissions to Princess Margaret Hospital’s emergency department between 2005 and 2011. Admission records show choking and swallowing small toy parts, swallowing Christmas decorations and the ingestion of button batteries are high on the injury list. Kidsafe WA advised Christmas shoppers to follow the age recommendation, read the label and instructions and avoid exploding and projectile toys. St John Ambulance business services manager Greg Massam said families should be prepared with a well-stocked first-aid kit and store it in a safe, cool place out of reach of children.
“Most kits will have approximately a two-year shelf life, ” Mr Massam said. “Over time, you may have used items, damaged items and have expired items, so we recommend you audit and replenish your kit regularly. Injuries occur more frequently during summer holidays, so having a fully stocked first-aid kit can stand you in good stead. Some important items to consider would include dressings for such injuries as falls or sprained ankles, ointments to treat insect stings and paracetamol for pain relief.” Every family should also have at least one person trained in first aid. “First aid saves lives — it’s that simple, and we really encourage all families to learn life-saving techniques.”
AVOID BEING ALONE
The busiest day of the year for Lifeline’s 13 11 14 crisis support line is Christmas Day. The 24-hour service receives a new call every 50 seconds during the festive period, with loneliness featuring strongly. On average, Lifeline speaks to more than 1400 people a day around Christmas and new year, with each call lasting about 20 minutes, and each with its own unique emotional crisis. If you are feeling distressed or isolated, Lifeline suggests talking to a trusted friend or family member, your GP, a counsellor or phoning a helpline.
A range of self-help toolkits on various subjects, including grief, financial pressure, stress, suicide prevention and domestic violence, are available on the Lifeline website — lifeline.org.au. If you or someone you know is experiencing an emotional crisis, phone Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Relationships Australia counsellor Mary-Jo Morgan said families should consider adopting someone who was alone at Christmas and inviting them to their celebrations. “Bring them into the family fold — it will make a big difference to the person who is feeling lonely, ” Ms Morgan said. “Often, they will put on a front, saying they are happy being alone, but try inviting someone and see how quickly they accept.”
Relationship friction at Christmas often stemmed from the pressure to spend time with immediate and extended family members and the expectation that everything would go according to plan, said Relationships Australia counsellor Mary-Jo Morgan. “How to share your time and affection can become quite a drama, ” she said.“Some relatives can make demands that can’t always be met, so it’s important to be honest and communicate about what is possible. Often people can be very rigid in their expectations but some flexibility on all sides is required around these issues. It’s not about being right, it’s about making sure that everyone’s needs are met.”
Ms Morgan said people often lost sight of the intended meaning of Christmas and focusing on feelings of harmony, peace and generosity rather than a sense of duty would make gatherings less fraught.
CURB THE SPENDING
Financial pressures rank among the biggest triggers for family stress throughout the year — during the festive season they can trigger relationship troubles and create new debt cycles that can last for several months, sometimes years.
Financial planner David McGregor, of N.C. Bruining & Associates said the golden rule to stave off money woes was: “If you haven’t got it, don’t spend it”.
“Saving a bit each month is an excellent idea, ” Mr McGregor said. “You can then splurge without the guilt or the hangover. Most banks offer a savings account which encourages you to save by paying a bonus interest if you make no withdrawals for the month. Set up a regular transfer from your working account on payday.”
The Salvation Army runs is a free and confidential financial counselling service for people facing financial difficulties or wanting to avoid financial difficulties in the future. Staff are able to help with a range of issues including budgeting, credit, debt and repossession. Visit moneysmart.gov.au for calculators and tips.
WHO CAN HELP
Relationships Australia: 1300 364 277, branches open 9am to 5pm and some evenings. West Leederville office closes December 24.
FPWA Sexual Health Services: Can assist with family expectations, sensitivities and relationships. The Roe Street Centre for Human Relationships offers low-cost support and counselling. To make an appointment, phone 9228 3693.
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Suicide Emergency Line…1800 198 313
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BACK TO BLACK BOX
New songs, new songs, new songs, LUX has gone back to the studio to record two new tracks. This time around Sylvain plays all of the instruments from percussion to bass to guitar (of course) working closely with Peter Deimel. The two songs will figure on the re-issue of “Super 8” scheduled for re-release this spring. A new page and a new direction.
LUX WITH RADIO OUI FM
LUX has partnered with France’s premier rock radio, OUI FM with an exclusive of the unreleased song – “The Roads I Take”. Check out the video and if you have the time to sign into OUI FM you can answer a ridiculously easy question to win a copy of the album “Super 8”. This way you will have the liner notes with photos and digital download code and the words to the songs! Check it out with just one click!
Photo courtesy Jehsong Baak
VINYL RELEASE PARTY
LUX at Peniche Antipode, Paris by Jean-Marc Iehl
We wanted the release party to be personal with those who have followed us from the beginning and those who discovered us with “Super 8”. For a write-up here is the link to “My Head is a Jukebox” who knows us well.
(Photo – LUX at the Salle Ravel in Levallois-Perret 19 mai 2018)
LUX is a duo – Sylvain Laforge and Angela Randall – but when we can we bring the rest of the team on with us we do. Bass player Julien Boisseau has been with LUX from the beginning and played on both the first EP (2014) and on our debut album “Super 8”. In addition we have young upstart Nicolas Deschamps on second guitar and Aurélie Simonel (yeah, girl power!) on drums. We play, we evolve, on both sides of the Atlantic. “What’s next LUX ” you ask? Well Paris on 29 June for a special release party on the Péniche Antipode with songs from the album and new stuff too. Click here for tickets. See ya there!
“HORSE” – ACOUSTIC FOR GUITAR PART MAG
A first acoustic session from the album “Super 8” – an exclusive feature for Guitar Part Magazine (thanks guys!). The video was shot by Jehsong Baak and edited by Corentin Doucet – the same team that has looked after other LUX videos – notably the one for the title track of “Super 8”. As we wait for spring, LUX is writing new songs, booking gigs and will be filming a series of “live” sessions. Stay tuned, we want you along for the ride!
DREAMING THE NEW YEAR
Photo Jehsong Baak
Before we take another step into 2018, LUX wants to send out best wishes to all of you – those who know us and who we are yet to meet and of course to those who support us and above all to those who listen to our music. We are looking forward to taking “Super 8” out into the world and we hope you are too!
LUX SPEAKS
On the radio and in the press, LUX has had a chance to talk about the album, how they met, how they write songs and what they listen to. Here are a few links to the ones in print:
Guitar Part
Music Waves
Zicazine interview
LA SORBONNE
La Sorbonne is a unique place for a rock concert – acoustic is the rule – so LUX was in full band modest “unplugged” with Nicolas Deschamps as second guitarist and Aurélie Simenel on drums/percussion. A beautiful evening in a legendary place.
Photo courtesy Alice Briesz
photo LUX by Jehsong Baak
“Super 8” is out! and wending its way towards journalists and a new audience. Here is some of what they have to say so far:
“…what hits one right at the start is the sound of this album, ample and generous, which has the feel of warm wood, beautiful guitars, old amps and analogue tapes. At times walking the same path as the one laid out by the Velvet Underground (period Nico), at times tapping into the (classic) elegant rock so dear to Fleetwood Mac, LUX delights in defending music that is not to be “consumed” so much as it is to be appreciated like a vinyl…”
Rock U
“Rock isn’t just about the rage, the sweat, the cries, the melodies and the lyrics, it is above all an emotion. It is something that envelops and thrills you. In constant movement towards a certain perfection of sound, this is something that the singer Angela Randall from New York and the French guitarist Sylvain Laforge have both clearly understood…(“Super 8”) is a voyage to which we are invited, a voyage that seeks to lead us astray, to have us be lost ( the sublime voice of Angela Randall must be somewhat responsible for this)…an album that is accomplished, meticulous and freed from the simplistic pressure conveyed by certain aesthetes of the “rock attitude”.”
Guitare Xtrème
“Throughout this “Super 8”, resolutely vintage, the group revisits in their own way the American aesthetic, with clear signs of allegiance to the family of Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers et R.E.M. (“Super 8” is) a real pleasure, especially in the 6-string department where Mr Laforge distils his talents for minimalist arrangements (à la Peter Buck) with great ability and gives solos as stylish as they are perfect. This is haute couture !
Polyprisma
“In 2014, LUX released their debut EP “Lux”, which is now followed by the first “real“ album with “Super 8”. This album is a gem. Super 8 is an album that does not dazzle through bombast, pomp, or bling, but convinces by real and unrivaled greatness… Super 8 is a dreamy, almost tender declaration of love to rock music.
ZICAZINE
My Head is a Jukebox
Rock Made in France
LUX PRESENTS “SUPER 8”
We could write a book. In fact, we will be writing a “Lyrics book” to talk about this album; the songs, the experience, the small “details” but for now we hope that you will take a listen. The album is dedicated to those who listen. Could that be you?
LUX presents “Super 8” the first album
SUPER 8 FROM SUPER 8
First album, first single, first video. “Super 8” from the forthcoming album of the same name seemed to beg for early exposure because the idea of the video was there the whole time that the song was being written. But having images in one’s head isn’t enough without an ally who “gets it” and who can make those images come to life. Enter Jehsong Baak – longtime collaborator with LUX, ally, friend, 5th Beatle. The video is on YouTube (CLICK HERE), on the website, the single available on iTunes. A new chapter for LUX begins…NOW.
LUX IN NYC
Hey hey hey, LUX has crossed the Atlantic to bring their Velvet Rock home to New York City. It will be acoustic and it will be groovy. Check out our Facebook for times and places. www.facebook.com/luxtheband
Photo courtesy: Eric Massaud
Poster: Mike Derez
TAKE NOTE
How can it be that we haven’t written in so long ? We have been busy though; so here is a little post with big news. LUX will now be bringing out the debut album on the independent label Note A Bene. We are very excited about this collaboration on the promotion of the album and its distribution. Although we had initially hoped for a release this Spring, we have decided to go for September – a sort of “back-to-school” present for us all. And because we are all very impatient, know that the single from the album will be released well before and we are currently working on the video which will be filmed on both sides of the Atlantic. We will be speaking about filming later ! In the meantime, stay tuned as there are gigs to come and much more.
And so a new chapter begins.
Film still courtesy Robin Cracknell
Words to music or music to words; the songs arrive first and pave the walkway all the way to the studio door. But an album…An ALBUM is not just a gathering of tracks but an adventure where something that starts in secret decides to make its coming out with the help of allies and passersby. So here it stands folks. We decided to make an album. We asked for help from those who knew us well as well as from those who had met us once or twice and together a project went from an idea to something more tangible. This past summer we went to Studio Black Box and recorded and mixed the songs and now the album has been mastered. We stand at the threshold of a very exciting newness and although we would love to have you take a peak we ask you for patience please while we nurture them along a bit more. There are elements to be tamed: album titles and covers and liner notes and credits and satellites to bring this project to fruition. They wait in the wings just a wee bit longer but I remember hearing someone say that “good things come to those who wait”.
(Photo courtesy Jehsong Baak 2016)
Words are insufficient to describe how very grateful LUX is to all the people who contributed to our crowdfunding. Nearly 100 people participated on and off the kisskissbankbank website to help bear the costs of recording our first album. And here they all are, the believers and the dreamers, in no particular order as each one played a role in getting this project off the ground:
Christiane Boisseau, Samir Azrini, Mathilde Marie Dupuis, Eliz Murad, Bruno Ponchon, Thierry de Lachaise, Catherine Chaussin, Jano Nolleau, Maurice Pranchere, James Roundell, Matthieu Grosmangin, Julien Lannoy, Jean-Marc Iehl, Frédérique Renna, Eric Turquin, Rémi Toulemonde, William Serir, P-F Garcier, Antoine Bourrel, Christophe Deleury, Philippe Forestier, Kevin Moore, Jacques Mehard-Baudot, Valentine Dubard, Didier Thevenet, Michelle Paul, Patrick Dupon, Isabelle Leegenhoek, David Pires, Sylvie Gotteland, Jacques Magnier, Jean-Pierre Neveu, Philippe Selamme, Philippe and Saraï Thureau-Dangin, Marc Anciaux, Antoine Clavé, Emmanuel and Delphine Clavé, Hervé Stanciu, Philippe and Annick Boissinot, Jean-Pierre Courcier, Christophe Belanger, Frédéric Serennes and Séverine Mathelin, Pascal Guégan, Rémi Délekta, Estelle and Stéphane Servant, Giselle Dubourg, Jean-Pierre Gevraise, Xavier Alberghini, Michaal Benjelloun, Gaëlle Buswel, Tristan Bowles, Eric Massaud, Jean-Claude Resche, Guy Sawers, Jacinthe Monchanin and Bernard Huot, Tim Hunter, Florian and Anne-Charlotte Beauvais, Laure de Pourtales, Emmanuel Delhumeau, Thomas Planque, James Faber, Cécile Ritzenthaler, Aileene Randall, Alan Sugar, Cécile Bernard, Celine Coudray, Jehsong Baak, Bob Glamb, Anne Ducellier, Wendy Paton, Simon Theobald, Nicolas Dussart, Mark Poltimore, Fred Alpi, Oliver and Dominique Cha, Jean-Matthieu Matisse, Andrew Clayton-Payne, Matthieu Roulland, Michèle and Ed Olender, Roy Brindley, Olivier Bert, Martine Laforge, Marc Mitou, Jonathan Green, Bruno Bazz, Anne-Marie Oudinot and Jalil Machichi, Stéphane Bessonnet.
And now, we are off to Black Box to make an album.
THE BRIT TRIP
CORNBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL OF OXFORDSHIRE, YOU GUYS ROCK !!!!
An invitation to play at Cornbury’s Riverside Stage took LUX across the Channel July 9th. We had never met before but festival organizer Hugh Phillimore gave us a slot after a listen to our EP this spring. (Now, how that cd found its way to his car on the other side of the Channel is a whole other story…). With our bass player Julien tied up with Jesus Volt at another festival, Thomas d’Arbigny stood in for the gig. A friend who was to be our English “roadie” couldn’t make it either but we managed to get from Paris to Great Tew Park to discover the most beautiful and incredibly well run festival where every single person we encountered was kind and professional. Special thanks to Andy Pickard and his team at Riverside who were fantastic. Not to forget the sound engineers who were happy to have the amps cranked up. Ask Sylvain about that. It was a kick to play in English to the English. I think the photo says it all. Thanks again guys ! Hope to see you again !
BACK TO STUDIO BLACK BOX
It feels as if this moment has been a long time coming and it is with great excitement that we announce that LUX is going back to Black Box this summer to record our debut album!!! This time round we are bringing Peter Deimel on board as artistic director. The songs have been chosen, rehearsals are underway and for those who want to check out LUX, there are gigs to be played between now and then – maybe we will slip a few of the new songs into the set list…! We couldn’t find a better time to record this album than right now. We hope that those new to our music will want to become a part this project and those who are with us already will stay along for the next part of this fabulous ride. With the help of the inimitable artist Jehsong Baak and the deft cut of Corentin Doucet, we did a little video of LUX and put our project on line for those who wish to participate. Just click here: https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/lux-1er-album–2
STAR GUITARS
Every so often, it is nice to remember the reasons why one wants to play music and it always comes back to one word – pleasure. Recently Sylvain was asked to do a little one-man show at Drouot to showcase the top lots of a guitar sale organized by Castor-Hara – it was an offer he could not refuse! Luckily Jean-Philippe Boisumeau from du “Son dans mon Salon” was there to capture it all on film.
click below for the video
SYLVAIN PLAYS THE STAR GUITARS
RETURN TO THE NEW MORNING
What a night! The New Morning was full and enthusiastic and old friends and new friends met up with us for a 10 song set. Great photographers in the room had us covered and we had a cool write-up that you can read here in “My Head is a Jukebox”. A journalist we know happened to come by straight from a previous job with camera in hand and ended up filming for us – what a stroke of luck (thank you J-M Lebeaupin!). Here is the first video up of “Rough Translation”. We thought it would be fun to see our guitar tech Pierrot come to Sylvain’s rescue – notice that the singer doesn’t catch a thing!
THE NEW YEAR AND THE NEW MORNING
What better way for LUX to ring in the new year than with a concert at the mythical New Morning in Paris. On Thursday 28 January LUX will be opening for the Shaggy Dogs who are celebrating the release of their latest album. Speaking of new albums brings us to the other BIG news for 2016 – LUX will be returning to Black Box Studio in France to record the first full album. This time we will be bringing Peter Deimel on board as artistic director!!! Stay with us, it’s the beginning of a new adventure…
Interview LUX: du SON dans mon SALON
Jean-Philippe Boisumeau, in creating his youtube channel “du SON dans mon SALON” (literally “Some sound in my living room”) is giving artists a highly mediagenic opportunity to showcase their thoughts and a song. LUX says THANK YOU for giving us an opportunity to present ourselves and track 1 from our EP, a song called “In the end”. (Click here to view the video)
VELVET ROCK
One of the first questions people ask is: “what kind of music do you play?”. We have often wondered ourselves how best to describe our songs as the usual categories don’t quite seem to fit – rather like Goldilocks testing beds at the house of the three bears, some felt “too hard” and others “too soft” and none seemed to cover all the bases until “Velvet Rock” came to us, rather recently and quite spontaneously and feeling “just right”. So at the risk of being perceived as presumptuous for inventing our own genre we give you “Velvet Rock”. The two cannot be separate. “Velvet” is New York and a girl singer and words and poetry and intense and a bit of a dandy and Paris too and envelopes the “Rock” that is also New York and the guitarist and America and England too and rather intense and sometimes dark but joyous as well.
So, to answer your question, LUX plays “Velvet Rock”. And here is a video about it.
On Thursday 3 September, LUX will be consoling those who dread going back to school with an acoustic gig at a new venue, “Le Truc” in Montreuil. (Incidentally, Montreuil lies on the outskirts of Paris and is home to the “la Voie est Libre” festival where we played last September). As much as LUX has now gone ELECTRIC – and very happily so – certain venues are tailored to a more acoustic vibe which as ever remains the heartbeat of our songs. Hope to see you all at “Le Truc” – before the tans fade!
Inspiration can come in from anywhere and everywhere if one is ready for it. Sometimes our songs evolve first from music which inspires a text or from a text which stands alone until the music is put to it. “Island” was inspired by and written on and about and for the place and people of Île d’Yeu which is a small isle off the coast of France. The text was written while listening to the music that was too magnetic to be ignored – just like the subject itself – during a stay on the island which does indeed lie “above the liquid tide/between dawn and night/under her watercolor skies”. Summer is often about water and sky and light and here is LUX’s little ode to summer. The home video of “Island” can be found on our Facebook page. Check it out!
SUMMER LUX
Every outing brings new sensations, new images, new faces and sometimes new friends. Le Martin Pêcheur, “Scots Pub”, is a cover for what is, in fact, a small haven for music, tucked away next to the Canal de Loing in Nargis. The owner Pete is the most magnanimous of hosts along with his wife Sylvie. The welcome party was rounded out by Freddy Miller (singer of the blues band Shake Your Hips). The concert itself was as it should be: hot and sweaty, good sound, good vibes, a truly attentive audience and at the end, a friend – Pat Llaberia (NNK Band and Satisfaction) who came around for a couple of songs. Special mention goes to Hervé Stanciu for the great photos – thank you!
Other summer news is the super write-up of our first EP by Bruno Marie in his catalogue of album reviews. You will find us there in very good company.
Concerts, radio, reviews, encounters, moments captured in words and images and above all people; all these elements are the stepping stones that help LUX to work our way back to Black Box for our first album. We hope you’ll come along for the ride.
RADIO SHARKS
Acoustic LUX (Angela and Sylvain) played their first live on Radio Libertaire’s show “Ça booste sous les pavés”. With fellow guest Laurent Agneessens, director of Sea Life, alongside the host named Squale, it would seem logical that while LUX was there to talk about (and play) music (4 songs live and 4 from the EP were broadcast) the rest of the chatter was about sharks. As this is an anarchist radio, in the end we decided to free the sharks and free the music. Intrigued? Check it out on the podcast – before you head to the beach, of course.
ALL THE WAY TO (LE) CHINA
On June 10th, LUX will be playing in Paris at “Le China”. This is a small, cozy club which is near and dear to our musical hearts because it was here that Sylvain and Angela were invited to play at the very end of 2009. A home-made demo got them booked for that first gig. That chapter of this whole adventure began here; with one guitar, two voices and a whole bunch of songs. The return to Le China will be as LUX. Sylvain and Angela and Franck and Julien are going all the way to (Le) China…and back!
SPRING AHEAD
“While waiting” is about what goes on while waiting for stuff to happen – the encounter, the song, the opportunity which will give the project a boost. The signs are there – gigs which allow us to offer the songs up, radio play, other artists giving us a boost. LUX is in movement: a cool gig at OPA in Paris, a showcase with LUX acoustic duo at the Gare Saint Lazare (yup – the same one as in our song of the same name) and an interview with the dynamic team of Raphaël Thouroude on Radio U – Radio Campus Brest. “While waiting” is a song we wrote some years back. As we are now a full band, that song, alongside others who were lying in wait are finally being performed on stage. You can either say it was worth the wait or that we weren’t really waiting at all.
LUX will be playing at OPA next Saturday night (14/03/15) for the first concert of the year at winter’s end. The hour-long will include 4 tracks from the EP and a selection of our other songs. Some bands start with just a few songs; in the case of LUX we prepared a wealth of songs before putting a band together. All these “new” songs are all jostling to come out to be played. We can’t wait to take them out for a spin, in your company of course!
LUX was lucky in having several photographers at the last concert in Paris at La Boule Noire. This blog is to thank them all again for giving live music a sort of extended play once the gig is over. They are: Jehsong Baak who has followed us from the beginning, Yann Charles who met LUX for the first time at the gig and said so, Eric Massaud from the radio who took some pretty hot shots too and artsixMic who filmed AND took photos and did an interview and, of course, Agathe Kipienne who is the most rock ‘n roll person we know. It is her photo on this post.
Here are the links:
http://www.zicazic.com/zicazine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=12208&Itemid=63artsixMic: http://artsixmic.fr/portrait-dartiste-lux/
See y’all soon!
The gig was great: flashing lights, temperatures rising, a lot of sound, enthusiastic audience. It was an exceptional night. LUX brought along some guests of our own starting with Jake El Tao, the guitarist from JESUS VOLT who joined us on Radio Static and Super 8, to another super guitarist, Michaal Benjelloun (for Winter in NY) who stayed to greet the lovely Gaëlle Buswel for her song The Joker, and on to singing with LUX on No new love yet please. At Paris’ La Boule Noire, as supporting act for PLUG & PLAY, LUX had a set of 10 songs – including 4 from the EP and others as yet unknown to the public. Those additional guitars set the solos free.
Great thanks go to ★The Road to Jacksonville who published LUX in their concert review of the Festival La Chapelle and again for this concert. Kind words indeed from those who really know their rock ‘n roll with a special mention to the photographers who captured the moments – Jehsong Baak, Yann Charles, Agathe Kipienne and Eric Massaud of Radio Fugue – although, truly, you had to be there to really feel the LUX!
Dates for gigs in 2015 soon to be announced so stay posted for more news here and/or on Facebook – or send an email to lux-theband@hotmail.fr to receive our newsletter.
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COUNTDOWN TO LA BOULE NOIRE
On Friday November 21st, LUX will be playing at the renown “La Boule Noire” in Paris, guest at the concert for the release of the new album “Times” by the rock band, Plug & Play. This is a great date for LUX to present more songs than the 5 on the EP. It will be the second outing with our electric comrades; bass player Julien Boisseau and drummer Franck Ballier, after debuting at the Festival La Chapelle last June.
Tickets for the concert can be found at both online (www.fnac.com, France Billet) and off.
Sunday, Paris. Indian Summer is upon us, and there are gigs and projects for LUX in the works. Up next is an acoustic concert at Le Cavern which is a long-standing venue for many Paris bands. It is dark, it is underground (literally) and it is right next door.
This lovely poster reminds me to thank not only Valentina Peruzzo, who put all the elements together with style but to again thank Jehsong Baak who is the man behind the lens of most of our photos. Jehsong also, notably, directed the video for our first single – “No new love yet please” – and we hope to repeat that adventure for a second song very soon. In the meantime, check out his new website at www.jehsongbaak.com. This is an artist to follow.
At autumn’s door
LUX will be playing at the Festival “La Voie est libre” on Sunday September 21st. This is the Paris region’s largest “eco-festival” where the energy will be renewable and clean. The party takes place on the highway that runs through Montreuil (closed to traffic for the event) and LUX is honored to have been invited to play. Who wouldn’t rather leave a musical footprint than a carbon one.
LUX ON STAGE
A tremendous moment for LUX at La Chapelle 70’s Rock Festival. First festival and first electric outing. The audience was great and very enthusiastic; the guitar fans were able to keep their eyes riveted on the solos and the ultra rock n rollers were tapping along in time!
A big thank you to our hosts, “Plug & Play” for the invite and the warm welcome. Special notice to the sound engineers (you guys are key!) and to Spike from the Quireboys. It was a real kick to be on the same billing for our first outing.
Our next festival is “La Voie est Libre” on September 21st in Montreuil.
Keep posted as there will be more concert dates soon to be announced!
ELECTRIC LUX
Rehearsals have begun with LUX in full – in preparation for our electric coming out at the Festival La Chapelle in Troyes, France. This will be the first concert as LUX goes electric with Franck Ballier on drums and Julien Boisseau on bass, the same rhythm section who was with us to record the EP at Studio Black Box.
DIGITAL LUX
The video for No new love yet please, our single from the 5 track EP is OUT!
Have a look at that moment when falling in love becomes inevitable with Paris as a backdrop, shot with the inimitable eye of Jehsong Baak (www.jehsongbaak.com).
We are already reflecting upon the next video for a second song from the EP.
Above all, the date for the digital release of all five songs from the EP will soon be announced.
NEW MUSIC AND VIDEO
LUX is on the verge of sending out 5 songs – scouts – and posting our first music video.
As we finalise things, LUX would like to thank the people who have been satellites to our project.
In no particular order: Jehsong Baak, Julien Boisseau and Franck Ballier (new “LUX goes electric” members), Nicolas Boisseau, Alain Le Govic, Sara Sanders, Fred Alpi, Loïc Suty, Mike Noonan, Jano and Birgit, our friends Jesus Volt, Plug ‘n Play, Satisfaction, Gaëlle Buswel, Laurent Lamour, Gabriel Moltedo and his assistants,
Peter and David and Sylvie from Black Box, the China and everyone who showed up as extras on the set, the clubs who have given us gigs and the people who have stopped what they are doing to actually listen to our songs.
There is a lot more to come and we want you to come along for the ride.
In this posting are a few stills from the video for “No new love yet please”
LUX & BLACK BOX STUDIO
LUX is a new name for a project that began in 2009 when Sylvain Laforge found his way into my orbit in Paris.
The songs came forth like water and still do and we began gigging in Paris a few months after our meeting. Perhaps we were so entranced by the writing and composing that we took longer than some before packing up a few tunes and making our way to the studio.
The deal offered by Black Box for an unsigned band such as us was 5 days for 5 songs. This translates into 2 days for the live takes for the bass/drums/guitar and 2 days reserved for the mix leaving just 1 day for vocals on all of the tracks (yikes).
Of the many significant elements that came together for this EP, special mention must be made of Peter Deimel, the sound engineer. Peter is not only kind and charming but we knew immediately that we could trust him in terms of making choices that would give the songs a sound that we could relate to. Working in a studio of that calibre with someone as musical as Peter was like taking the best holiday of our lives.
Here are a few photos of beautiful Black Box. We were already nostalgic about the place the very day we left.
LUX In Movement
We have been told that before you put out the EP, you put out the music video.
Since the inception of LUX, our friend and fabulous photographer Jehsong Baak has kindly given his time and talent towards many photo shoots on stage and off. It was a logical choice to ask him if he wouldn’t mind transferring his “still” vision to a moving one. As good luck would have it, technical support appeared in the form of Nicolas Boisseau – brother of Julien, our bassist on the EP – who is also a cameraman who came with the camera and the editing technique.
The song is “No new love yet please” which speaks of ambivalence; the fear of new love faced with the inevitability of a fortuitous encounter. The video walks through Paris, through the song and through the protagonist’s minds.
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Trump says he's willing to consider raising gas tax
By Edgar Walsh
Mnuchin says the tax plan has been in the works for a while, telling the FOX Business Network's Maria Bartiromo, "We've been working on tax since the president was elected".
President Trump could be willing to raise the US gas tax to help overhaul the nation's infrastructure. The Tax Policy Center figures the cost to run around $7 trillion in the first 10 years, and by 2036, it balloons to at least $20.7 trillion. Seegert says the truth is - we don't have enough details to know if this is expensive or really expensive.
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If the USA government does lower the corporate tax rate, it will bring in significantly less revenue. What's clear, though, is that the Trump administration's proposal last week would move the nation no further toward those straightforward goals. But America's experience under Bush and Obama shows that such robust growth after tax cuts can not always be guaranteed. "So we're going to look at that".
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Entice Pheromone and What are Androsterone Pheromones?
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Entice Pheromone - What are Androsterone Pheromones?
Quote: Once the only form of communication between animals, pheromones are chemical messengers from one being to another that affect the behavior of the receiver. From amoebas to insects to mammals, all animals have this ability. Detected in mammals through the vomeronasal organ in the nose, these chemicals vary and convey different messages. Some may tell something about a readiness to mate, others serve to define territory or announce aggression. A whiff of pheromones from a female mouse, for instance, will make a male mouse start mating immediately. Pheromones from male mice produce other changes like making him more aggressive.
Some of this evidence comes from a study at the University of Kentucky when researchers sprayed the male pheromone, androsterone on pictures of men of average sexual attractiveness. When showed to women, it was discovered that men in the androsterone-sprayed pictures were rated as more attractive. It is rather inviting to go on writing on Pheromones. however as there is a limitation to the number of words to be written, we have confined ourselves to this. However, do enjoy yourself reading it.
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Humans, the vomeronasal organ does not function as well as in most mammals, and we have lost the ability to consciously detect pheromones. There is, however, a body of scientific evidence that we are subconsciously influenced by pheromones and that to a degree, pheromones still dictate much of human sexual interaction. Writing is something that has to be done when one is in the mood to write. So when we got in the mood to write about Pheromones, nothing could stop us from writing!
Androsterone pheromone can be bought in a concentrate form or mixed with a fragrant cologne. A survey of 100 men who used a popular brand of androsteroff pheromone concentrate reported the following: As the information we produce in our writing on Pheromones may be utilized by the reader for informative purposes, it is very important that the information we provide be true. We have indeed maintained this.
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68% reported an increase in dates and other forms of sociosexual contact Androsterone pheromone also seems to have an affect on other men, making someone who has more seem more intimidating. Many men have reported using the androsterone pheromone in sports or business environments to be noticed and gain respect.
Have you ever meet a girl that you just "clicked" with and had instant chemistry?
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There are countless studies and reports that PROVE the effects of human sex pheromones, demonstrating that humans DO produce and DO react to pheromones!For example, in controlled experiments, women exposed to men's axillary pheromones found the men they viewed MUCH more sexually attractive! Another study revealed that 74% of women, when exposed to sex pheromones, reported more sexual intercourse with men! They also reported increases in formal dates, petting, affection, kissing, and a greater desire to sleep closer to their partner! A similar study conducted with men exposed to sex pheromones concluded with similar results, as men reported more sexual intercourse, affection, kissing, and dates! Further discoveries in science are supporting the influence of pheromones on human sexual behavior with the discovery of the gene V1RL1 that codes for a pheromone receptor in people!-? Read More.....
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Path of Destruction: Canadian Mining Companies Around the World
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OPIRG-Toronto presents
The CD Launch of
PATH OF DESTRUCTION:
CANADIAN MINING COMPANIES
Written by Asad Ismi
Produced by Kristin Schwartz
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/30233
A three-part audio documentary about the global devastation spread by Canadian mining corporations. Featuring the voices of the communities affected by Canadian mining in Guatemala, Papua New Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Canada. (See full description below).
The series has been played on 12 radio stations in 12 cities from coast to coast in Canada and in the U.S. (see airplay list, reviews and funders below). The documentary has garnered enthusiastic praise from Canadian and international commentators. The series was funded by six progressive Canadian unions and five non-governmental organizations amongst others.
*Wednesday, March 25, 7 pm
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
252 Bloor Street West (St. George subway)*
1. Arthur Petahtegoose, Former Chief of the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek or the Whitefish Lake First Nation located near Sudbury, site of the biggest mines in Canada.
His interview is prominently featured in the documentary. Under his leadership, the Nation recently launched a $550 billion lawsuit against the Canadian federal government and the Ontario government, on the basis that the area of the Sudbury mines belongs to the Nation, as does the revenue generated by their operations for the last century. The Nation is also suing the two governments for health and environmental damage.
2. Edgar Godoy, Expert on Canadian mining companies in Guatemala and President of CUPE Local 2191.
He is part indigenous Maya from Guatemala and is also featured in the documentary.
3. Ramon Grajo
He is from the Philippines and will speak about the impact of Canadian mining companies on that country. Grajo is the spokesperson for Bayan Canada, a chapter of Bayan (Bagong Alyansang Makabayan) or New Patriotic Alliance, a prominent progressive organization in the Philippines.
4 & 5. Kristin Schwartz and Asad Ismi.
Zainab Amadahy, Indigenous Writer and activist. She is a founding member of the Coalition in Support of Indigenous Sovereignty.
Path of Destruction: Airplay and Reviews
The documentary has been an instant hit. The series was posted on the internet on November 18, 2008. Twelve community radio stations from coast to coast in Canada and in the U.S. have aired or committed to air the documentary so far. Seven of these stations played or agreed to play the series within one week of its release. The series has been aired, published and praised by indigenous activists, editors and producers in Canada and internationally (see reviews below). Stations that have aired the documentary include Secwepemc Radio 91.1 FM on the Neskonlith native reserve in British Columbia. The series is featured on Isuma TV, an indigenous video/multi-media portal started by Isuma, the Inuit film house. Isuma has been working for 20 years out of Igloolik, Nunavut, and has a northern Inuit TV network. The series is also being translated into Hindi for print publication in "Adhikar", India's indigenous newspaper. India has the largest indigenous population in the world at 65 million.
Stations in Canada and the U.S. that have aired (h/a) or committed to air "Path of Destruction" so far:
Secwepemc Radio 91.1 FM--Neskonlith Reserve, BC (h/a)
KRFP 92.5 fm--Radio Free Moscow, Moscow, Idaho, U.S.
CKDU 97.5 fm--Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (h/a)
CKUT 90.3 fm--McGill University, Montreal, QC (h/a)
CHRY 105.5 fm--York University, Toronto, ON (h/a)
CFRU 93.3 fm--University of Guelph, Guelph, ON (h/a)
CFRC 101.9 fm--Queen's University, Kingston, ON (c/a)
CILU 102.7 fm--Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON (h/a)
CJAM 91.5 fm--University of Windsor, Windsor, ON (h/a)
CHCR 102.9 fm--Killaloe, ON;104.5 FM in the Ottawa Valley, ON (c/a)
CKUW 95.9 fm--University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB (c/a)
CJSF 90.1 fm--Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC (c/a)
1. "This audio documentary successfully manages to bridge many little-heard perspectives on the Canadian mining industry. First, we hear from indigenous peoples in Canada and beyond as to how mining companies threaten their very existence as peoples; in other words, how the industry is complicit in an ongoing global genocide. We hear from working people around the world on how the industry has devastated their health, livelihoods and environment. Finally, we look at how Canadian mining is intricately connected to, complicit in and profiting off of wars being waged around the world. Ismi and Schwartz provide us with a horrific but solid introduction on how Canadian and international laws, trade agreements and the power of wealth protect mining corporations from answering to any justice system for their crimes. At the same time, the program provides us with hope as it questions the very need for mining and takes an introductory look at alternatives to this devastating resource extraction industry. 'Path of Destruccction' is an outstanding educational tool addressing the issues of colonialism, resource extraction economies, corporate power, free trade agreements, the military industrial complex and many other issues."
---Zainab Amadahy, indigenous writer, community worker and activist based in Toronto. She is a founding member of the Coalition in Support of Indigenous Sovereignty, member of the Board of the Association of
Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts, and the Executive Director of Community Arts Ontario.
2. "Ismi and Schwartz's radio documentary, "Path of Destruction: Canadian Mining Companies Around the World" is a thorough and remarkable exposé of Canadian imperialism and its global economic web of ecocide and misery. Eloquent testimonies from indigenous community members from all continents are woven together to give us an intimate view of the mining industry's devastating impacts. Everyone must hear it."
---Sarita Ahooja, Isuma TV, an indigenous video/multi-media portal started by Isuma, the Inuit film house. Isuma has been working for 20 years out of Igloolik, Nunavut, and has a northern Inuit TV network.
3. "Canadian imperialism's best-kept secret is undoubtedly the inconvenient truth about Canadian mining capital's genocidal path of destruction. Ismi and Schwartz's audio documentary illustrates how at home and abroad Canadian mining companies are poisoning the environment, propping up brutal dictatorships, and violently repressing any dissent to their exploits. 'Path of Destruction' is a bold exposé of Canadian imperialism, thoroughly dispelling any illusions that Canadians may have about the Canadian state as a positive force in the world."
---Steve da Silva, Co-producer of 'Radio BASICS' on CHRY 105.5 FM--York University, Toronto; Editor, BASICS Community Newsletter.
4. "'Path of Destruction' is the best radio documentary I’ve come across in a long time. It combines an
oft-neglected analysis of colonialism in Canada with a radical critique of the mining industry and the other institutions and processes that support it. A very important series which has a powerful impact."
----Matt Soltys, Producer of 'Healing the Earth Radio' on CFRU Radio 93.3 FM--University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, www.resistanceisfertile.ca .
5. "Ismi and Schwartz have the fearlessness and integrity to report the truth and hold Canadian mining companies accountable. Canadians need to know what's happening in Africa, for example in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the slaughter of 4 to 5 million people has occurred for the sake of Canadian (and foreign) profits. We can no longer claim ignorance after listening to this documentary. Essential for all Canadians."
---David Parker, Spoken Word Coordinator, CKDU 88.1 FM--Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
6. "I have just heard your excellent radio programme 'Path of Destruction'. Great job and thank you for it. I think it is a daring programme to take on the Industry with facts of history and it is damaging to them and their high moral claims."
---Xavier Dias, Spokesperson for Jharkhand Mines Area Coordination Committee[JMACC], [An indigenous organization resisting mining and displacement in Jharkand State, India]; Editor of the Hindi monthly 'Khan Kanij aur ADHIKAR'[Mines,Minerals & Rights],"India's only mining-affected community newspaper". http://www.adhikar.in/
7. "Thank you for 'Path of Destruction'. The concept of a radio project for a wider information and education campaign is brilliant. This is very helpful information to us in the Cordillera, Philippines, where Canadian mining companies are beefing up their applications (Olympus,Terra Nova, Ivanhoe,Golden Valley)."
---Abigail T. Bengwayan, Public Information Commission, Cordillera Peoples Alliance, The Philippines.
8. "The new audio documentary, ‘Path of Destruction’ is an important contribution to the growing chorus of resistance to Canadian mining. Through careful analysis of Canadian corporate and government polices, the documentary's producers expose how mining has devastated communities around the globe and who has benefited from that devastation. Mining policies are carefully situated within the broader context of Canadian colonialism. Most compellingly, the documentary features the voices of those directly affected by those policies. Their urgent stories are a call to action for change that will restore and protect the health of their communities and the rights of its peoples. This documentary can and should be used as a tool to create that change."
---Alison Brown, Producer of 'Redeye' on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, CFRO 102.7 FM,
A three-part radio documentary series
Canada is the world's leading mining nation. Sixty percent of all public mining companies are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. About half of all mining capital is raised in Canada. Many Canadian mining companies have become notorious for damaging communities and the environment and fueling wars and repression all over the world. The Canadian government has refused to hold these corporations accountable leading to international criticism of Canada.
Just as European settlers created Canada by stealing and plundering native land, its mining companies today continue these practices at home and abroad. This colonialism and neocolonialism is what Canada is all about.
Episodes (30 minutes each):
Download here: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/30233
1. “Damaging Communities and the Environment” focuses on the drastic effect Canadian mining companies have had on indigenous peoples in Canada and Papua New Guinea. With Chief Arthur Petahtegoose, Kathleen Naponse, Jethro Tulli and Mark Ekepa.
2. “Fueling Wars and Repression” describes how Canadian mining companies have been stoking conflict in the Congo, Guatemala, Canada and on an international scale. With Prince Kumwumba, Fausto Valiente, Edgar Godoy, Jim Harding, Chief Paula Sherman and Bob Lovelace.
3. “Who Benefits?” details the enormous benefits that Canadian mining companies get from their operations and from government support. With Joan Kuyek, Jamie Kneen, Karyn Keenan, William Sacher and Edgar Godoy.
"Path of Destruction" was funded by:
Canadian Union of Postal Workers (National)
CUPW Local 576 North Bay
Canadian Union of Public Employees--Local 3903
CUPE National
CUPE Local 1281
Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation
Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association
Ken Luckhardt
Canadian Federation of Students
Ontario Public Interest Research Group-Toronto
Continuing Education Students Association of Ryerson
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I am a graduate student studying ethnolinguistics in the Anthropology Department of Université de Montréal. My current work is on the Yanesha endangered language of the southcentral Peruvian Amazon. My thesis focuses on the factors leading to the disappearance of the Yanesha language and women's sacred songs. I have recently been accepted to work as a field linguist on an expedition to Paraguay with the National Geographic's Enduring Voices Project. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mission/enduringvoices/ I am also a singer and musician and play in a experimental project called "Banana and the Flying Colors" as well as a freak-folk band called "Feast of Spirits" in Montreal, Canada.
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Pedro Martinez, Kim Richards and Lord Stanley have something in common
High school seniors get to march wearing cap and gown, but fifth-graders here leave elementary school by running through a gauntlet of parents and vengeful siblings armed with water balloons, Super-Soakers and Silly String.
My youngest made this adventurous trek today, which means I am old, with children in middle and high school.
But it also disrupted my attempt at a morning posting of the Deezo Friday Five.
1) Don Zimmer beware, because Pedro is back!
We don’t know for how long, but I was pretty happy when he made it into the fourth inning, which is better than his first start this season.
And the Mets even scored 9 runs for him, which they pretty much have to do since Pedro have up three runs before he left and the bully allowed the Giants to start tacking on runs in the ninth.
If another couple batters have circled the bases, you know Pedro would have thrown Scott Schoenweis right to the ground. And we know he’s good at it.
2) My son is about to turn 16, and we’ve been trying to prepare him culturally, at least in the ways of the cinema. My wife is responsible for the high-brow stuff, and the extreme low-brow, which usually involves bad dubbing and plastic monster costumes.
I’m in charge of classic guy movies, like "Caddyshack," that guys must be able to recite or risk becoming social outcasts.
So far we’ve watched "Major League," "Animal House" — don’t worry, I made him cover his eyes during that part — and most recently "This is Spinal Tap."
I knew this important information was sinking in after church last week. We have two praise bands. One of younger folks, and one of, well, folks who are not. The band of people with, um, more life experiences played last week and thought they were rocking out, to at least the extent that they do rock out.
In the middle of this praising and mild rocking, the son leaned over and said, "They’ve got them turned up to 11."
I was so proud.
3) Lord Stanley is back! Hockey is a worthy off-season diversion, but I lose interest the moment spring training starts. I don’t pay much attention in the spring unless the Islanders are in the playoffs, which means I haven’t paid attention for a long time.
But the locals are all excited about the Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup again.
I have to say I was worried about them after the Penguins tied Game 5 with 34 seconds left and winning in triple overtime. I told a co-worker the goal that tied the game was their "Buckner Moment."
He was not amused. And I have to tread lightly because they are already distraught over the Tigers, who I suspect were printing up World Series tickets in March.
4) Kim Richards is back! Like every guy who grew up in the 1970s, I had a crush on actress Kim Richards, star of seemingly any Disney live action movie that didn’t have Dean Jones in it.
Dean = comedy, Kim Richards = serious.
It doesn’t appear that Kim has worked much in recent years -- the dreaded "Hello Larry" curse -- so I was pretty excited to see that she was signed to appear in the "reimagining" of the Witch Mountain movies. Apparently Ike Eisenmann is coming back, too. But I don’t care about him.
I don’t hold out much hope for the rest of the movie, which has Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Cheech Marin among the stars.
5) This week’s hidden iPod gem is another song that took me years to track down, largely because I didn’t know that it’s actual title was "Bird’s Fly" or that it was performed by Icicle Works. The only lyrics I could understand was "We are, we are, we are" and "Whisper to a scream," which sounds really cool. The glories of the Internet allowed me to Google those words and "lyrics" and finally had enough information to track it down.
The video is better than the recent hidden gems. But note that the lead singer is strumming his guitar when there are only drums in the song
Labels: Friday Five, iPod, Pedro
I too had a crush on Kim Richards. This was before the more serious crush I had on Kristy McNichol settled in. I saw Escape from Witch Mountain at the theater on the walking mall in Cape May.
There is no Hello Larry curse; it was a wonderful show! I think Meatballs II did her in. ;)
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Verifone to be acquired for $3.4 billion
Written by Chris Lemmon
Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm, has entered into a definitive agreement for the purchase of payments firm Verifone for a total consideration of approximately $3.4 billion.
Under the terms of the agreement, Verifone stockholders will receive $23.04 in cash for each share of Verifone common stock held, representing a premium of approximately 54 per cent to the Company’s closing share price of $15.00 on April 9, 2018. The Verifone Board of Directors has unanimously approved the definitive agreement and recommends that Verifone stockholders vote in favour of the transaction.
“We are pleased to reach this agreement with Francisco Partners,” said Paul Galant, chief executive of Verifone. “This transaction delivers significant cash value to our stockholders and provides compelling benefits for our clients. We believe this transaction reflects the progress we have made executing our transformation from a terminal sales company to a payments and commerce solutions provider.”
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Home Crime and Court Murders Drop In Western Jamaica Amid Reimposition of State of Emergency
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Murders Drop In Western Jamaica Amid Reimposition of State of Emergency
By William MitchellMay 14, 2019, 22:36 pm0
National Security Minister, Dr Horace Chang, says the State of Public Emergency in St. James, Westmoreland and Hanover, is showing early successes by drastically reducing murders in the western section of the island.
Dr Chang says since the declaration of the enhanced security measure almost 2-weeks ago there have been only two murders in the three parishes.
Dr. Chang reiterated that the presence of the security forces in St. James wasn’t lessened after the previous State of Emergency came to an end in January.
He says criminals are becoming more technologically savvy. He says criminals are using technology to monitor the security forces to better aid in their illicit activities.
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A Magical Ride to the North Pole on The Polar Express Train
by Laura Gustafson and Shannon Souaibou / New England Fall Events
The historic Blackstone Valley train
depot was renamed for the Polar Express
In November, we took our families to experience The Blackstone Valley’s Polar Express Train Ride first-hand. Celebrating its 17th year, this is the longest running Polar Express train ride event anywhere in the world and it’s a gem to have it right here in New England.
Written in 1985, The Polar Expressä is a Caldecott Award winning children’s book beloved by families and has been embraced as a holiday reading tradition.
Author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and continues to live in nearby Providence, RI so it is a natural fit that the very capable Blackstone Valley Tourism Council has produced this annual event for New England families, even developing it with the input of Mr. Van Allsburg. This memorable train ride is an annual outing for New Englanders and this special event precedes Academy Award nominated The Polar Express movie which came out in 2004.
At the train depot there were multiple Polar Express photo backgrounds and a place to write a letter to Santa
The Polar Express operates on Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the five weekends leading to Christmas. We brought our two families on a Saturday afternoon for the 1:00pm train. There were seven of us--four adults and three children ages 2.9, 4.5 and 5 years old. Children are encouraged to wear their pajamas on the trip and ours did so. We rode in the Comet car, which, after the Rudolph car, is the most affordable of the six train car/ticket options. This article will speak to our particular experience on the Comet car and it should be noted that each train car will have some variation and offer its own unique experience.
The depot was decorated inside and offered a small concession stand. The train platform greeted us with (fake) snow!
The website advised that we arrive at the station an hour prior to departure and mentioned there would be activities to enjoy while we waited. We managed to arrive a half hour prior, and once we’d parked and had our tickets scanned, we were in the station 20 minutes prior to the train departure. Wait times for everything were very quick and was quite appreciated!
Elves turned the pages while our
storyteller read fromThe Polar Express.
The Woonsocket Train Depot, which doubles as a gift shop, became very crowded as the passengers gathered inside so arriving a half hour before departure gives you more than enough time to enjoy the activities, especially considering the seats on the train are assigned. (But don’t cut your arrival too close because the train leaves promptly on time!)
The pre-ride “activities” consisted of taking your own photographs of your children with themed Polar Express backdrops and the opportunity to write a letter to Santa. As these are not time-consuming activities, we were able to complete them prior to boarding the train. The gift shop wares were reasonably priced as well and the indoor concessions stand sold popcorn, water and soda for $2.00.
Storyteller Jen was great at keeping
the kids engaged the whole ride through
The train began boarding fifteen minutes prior to departure and was fully boarded in less than ten minutes. Fake snow drifted down to greet us on the train platform as we prepared to board our train car. Every passenger received a golden train ticket which would be punched by the conductor while on the train.
Each train car features their own storyteller/activity leader, a chef, an elf, and an engineer. Our storyteller on the Comet car was Jen who was very enthusiastic and made the trip a lot of fun. She kept the children well-engaged for the duration of the 90-minute train ride. It’s also nice that each train car includes music and provides microphones for their performing cast to make it easy for passengers to hear them.
L to R: The golden train ticket, the special gift from Santa, the kids stretched their legs by dancing in the aisles.
The train cars are beautifully decorated with lace curtains, festive red and green seat covers, giant wrapped presents in the luggage racks above the seats, and garlands for atmosphere. All cars are heated and there are bathrooms on every other car (on Dancer, Comet and Cupid). The seats in the Comet car are very comfortable making it an enjoyable ride.
Getting our golden tickets punched
The train departed promptly on time. Storyteller Jen began reading the story of The Polar Express while Elf Mia and Chef Debbie moved through the car showing the pictures. Families may want to bring their own Polar Express book which would be easier for little ones to follow along in their seat.
Fifteen minutes into the ride, Storyteller Jen paused her reading of the book while hot chocolate and cookies were served throughout the car. The hot chocolate was dairy-free, came in a nice collectible travel mug, and was served at the perfect temperature for kids to sip right away. The cookies were completely nut/gluten free.
The arrival of Santa Claus!
Once refreshments were passed out, Jen finished reading the book and the train conductor came into our car to punch our golden tickets. While the conductor punched tickets, Jen led the car in a sing-along, prompting Santa’s arrival. You could feel the excitement of the children when Santa arrived!
The Comet car is the second to last car in line on the train and Santa arrived at our car about forty minutes into the trip which was about midway through. This Santa was very authentic and attentive to each child making for a personal experience. He took his time to talk to the children and happily paused with the families who wanted to take photos to capture the moment.
Santa happily paused for a photo
A recording of Josh Groban singing “Believe”, the Academy Award-nominated song from The Polar Express film, could be heard while Santa walked through the car presenting each child with their first gift of Christmas—a small gift that has an important relevance in the Polar Express story.
At one point the train even stopped at “The North Pole”—depicted by a candy stripe pole visible outside—which allowed for the engine to be switched for the return ride back. On the return ride there was more sing-along time and the children were invited to dance in the aisles.
They were given crayons and a custom, commemorative coloring book complete with a pictures of the Woonsocket Train Depot and of our train conductor Bob! We were given Polar Express bingo cards to play on our way back to the station. At the end of the ride, Santa returned to our car to thank everyone for coming.
After the ride, Santa waits in his sleigh
inside the depot for family photos
Back at the station there are opportunities to take more pictures of your children with Santa in his sleigh against an attractive Polar Express backdrop. Though the pictures-with-Santa line was extremely long, the queue moved swiftly and we made it to our picture in ten minutes.
All in all, it was a great afternoon! Start to finish, (from our arrival at the station to heading home) the experience took us two and a half hours. To see the joy on our children’s faces and to hear my daughter say excitedly, “He knows me!” when she saw Santa is a memory I won’t soon forget.
Tips for Families Attending the Blackstone Valley Polar Express Train Ride
The train cars were decorated with red
and green seat covers, garlands, and more
The Blackstone Valley Polar Express website has a ticket purchase section which offers different tiered pricing for the various train cars. From highest price to most affordable, you can choose from the premium cars Prancer, Dancer, and Dasher, and the coach cars include Comet, Cupid, and Rudolph which are all the same price. See pics of the (undecorated) cars.
Price tiers for each car will reflect a slightly different experience. The Prancer Car is the dining car so you’ll find tables with place settings and it’s a perk that your family can be seated facing each other.
The kids played Polar Express Bingo
to pass the time on the train.
For 2016, the Premium Cars will also include free gifts such as Polar Express teddy bears (Dasher), Polar Express Santa hats (Dancer), or the Polar Express ceramic mug (Prancer) included with your ticket purchase and have individual armchair seats and large observation windows. The premium cars also have fewer seats per car (and are always the first to sell out) so in addition to being roomier, they offer a more personal, more intimate experience with your family and the performers.
The Coach Cars are all very comfortable and festively decorated as well but they include conventional forward facing bench seating and will include more passengers.
Although every car will include the Santa visit, Polar Express Bingo, collectible coloring books, sing-alongs, storytelling, cocoa, cookies, collectible travel mug, and gift from Santa, the various performers will offer their own twist on their show. For example, the Dasher performer brings a guitar and leads a more musical show so your families’ experience may vary slightly.
The cookies on the train are nut-free
and gluten-free for everyone to enjoy.
In 2016 they are offering 3 ticket price tiers--Adult, Children's tickets (13mos-12y), and an Adult with Baby lap-sit option (infants up to 12 mos).
Adult tickets range $44-68 (Nov) and $52-82 (Dec).
Children (13mos-12y) tickets range $42-67 (Nov) and $49-79 (Dec).
Adult with Baby lap-sit tickets range $54-78 (Nov) and $62-92 (Dec).
Prices on the train cars increase in price the closer get closer to Christmas.
Knowing the ticket prices and how kid-focused the event is, we think kids who are at least 2-3 years of age are best suited to the experience. 2016 upgrade info.
The Blackstone Valley Polar Express Train Ride operates on Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the five weekends leading to Christmas. Trains depart at 4:00pm and 7:00pm on Fridays, 1:00pm, 4:00pm, and 7:00pm on Saturdays, and 10:00am, 1:00pm, and 4:00pm on Sundays.
We appreciated the time Santa took
with each of the children on the train.
Pictures can be taken at the train depot with Santa, Conductor, Chefs and Train Engineers and in front of the lovely Polar Express backdrops--all are all included with your ticket price! You should plan to use your own camera to take pictures as there is not a formal photographer (and therefore no extra photo purchase fees). Santa pics are only post-ride (to keep the anticipation for his arrival on the train ride) but the others are available before you board the train. Though the post-ride line to have photos with Santa was very long, it moved quickly and we made it through in 10 minutes.
We traveled to the Blackstone Valley Polar Express Train Ride from the Framingham, MA area and it took us about 45 minutes to get to the station. The depot was easy to locate. It took about seven minutes to park but only two minutes in line to have our tickets scanned to get into the station. Parking is free.
Photos with Santa Claus after the ride
Due to the crowds inside the station we would not recommend bringing a stroller.
Pajamas are encouraged and welcome for this event—yes, for both kids and adults!
The gift shop is located inside the depot and accepts cash and credit cards.
Anyone needing to use the restroom before boarding the train would need to exit the station to visit Guest Services around the side of the building.
The train is wheelchair accessible containing a lift for non-motorized wheelchairs.
Tickets sell very fast for this beloved annual event and the tickets sell out every year. Believe it or not, certain tickets are already on sale for 2016 on select dates and select cars.
New changes coming for 2016: Certain premium cars will include extra goodies such as a Polar Express Teddy Bear (Dasher car), a Polar Express Santa hat (Dancer car), and the exclusive Polar Express ceramic mug (Prancer car).
Note: The photography in this article was provided by I Love Olive Photography and may not be reproduced, shared, or borrowed without credit and permission.
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Labels: Blackstone Valley, Chris Van Allsburg, Christmas Event, Family Friendly, Holiday, New England Fall Events, Santa, The Polar Express, The Polar Express Train Ride, Tips for Families, Woonsocket Train Depot
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Boys and Girls Clubs Students Take on Green Screens
Thanks to Wege Foundation grant funds, Mosaic Film Experience partnered with West Michigan nonprofit afterschool programs to provide storytelling and digital film classes. Education Leads Mallory Patterson and Randy Strobl of Wrinkle Creative had fun leading the education courses, but they also worked hard to uniquely cater Mosaic curriculum to each student group.
Soon after arriving at the Boys and Girls Clubs programs at the Steil and Siedman Centers, Patterson and Strobl noticed the facilities had green painted walls. They immediately knew the students would have a blast learning about green screen technology.
Siedman Center Project
The Siedman Center project focused on hopes for the future.
“We challenged students to write out what they wanted in the future for themselves, their families, and their communities,” said Patterson. “Students shared their future hopes and dreams in front of the green screen and paired what they shared with the images behind them. We created a compilation video for the project.”
The students wanted to take their green screen fun a bit further by creating their own separate zombie apocalypse scene. Patterson shared that the zombie scene was an “interesting” but very inspiring piece!
Through this project, one student in particular fell in love with Stop Motion Studio, a free iPhone app, and used it to create a number of animations at home.
“She has even taught her brother how to create an animation with action figures,” shared Strobl.
Steil Center Project
Two projects were developed during Mosaic’s time at the Steil Center. The first project was created by a group of boys who immigrated from Africa.
“They shared that the first time they had ever seen a highway it took them aback,” Patterson said. “They had landed in Chicago and they experienced culture shock.”
Based on that experience, the group chose an action genre. The boys developed a storyline about the main character having a special medicine his brother needed, but people were after him for the drug. The film included a chase scene on a highway and a fight scene in front of the green screen.
“One student who held the idea became the director. He really took it seriously and kept the other students on task,” said Strobl. “At the end, as they were editing, he was very interested in when the film would be shown. He asked if he could bring his mom because he wanted her to see his work up on the screen and be proud. He also wanted to dress up for the red-carpet premiere event.”
The second Steil Center project was created by one student. She told the story of a girl who didn’t have friends in school and how important it was to have a support network. She utilized the green screen to curate her own settings. For example, because she was confined to filming inside the school, she used images of the outdoors behind her to signify her leaving school.
Once again, Mosaic leveraged the power of storytelling to teach students they have the power to create using mobile phones and free digital resources.
“This experience opens their eyes to a whole new world of career options,” said Patterson.
It’s an honor to partner with local organizations like the Boys and Girls Clubs to help equip students with the critical thinking, collaborative, and creative skills they need for career readiness.
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Mei-chan
Suna Kazekage
It was a day of darkness, saddness, lonelieness, and pain within the heart of a young Uzumaki princess. Her body had regretted waking up this day and her mind didn't wish to function the way it was forced to. The child had risen from bed with blue eyes of dull emotion and determination of a wary sloth. She tied her hair up, she clothed herself, and she wandered her way out into the dreaded world of sunshine that she lived in. The sun shined from above as the children laughed about, yet Hana just wanted to shut it all off.
Blue eyes would look up to a group of kids about her age, if not younger than she only to sigh and continue walking past them. However, they would decide that she wasn't going to get away so easily, "Where do you think yo-" They hadn't even begun, yet a kunai had been pointed to the neck of one of the individuals as blue eyes raged with fire. "You're crazy!
Stupid redhead!" the kid would back away slowly before the group would run off. The girl would replace the Kunai back to the pouch on her right thigh. Her journey would continue all the way... to the graveyard.
The small child would stop as her eyes scanned amoung the stones emitting from the ground. Her steps would continue until the very graves she wished to meet were in front of her. The child would stare for a moment before kneeling in front of them. "Mama.. Papa..
It's been a while. Sorry I haven't come to visit you. I passed the academy so I've been training alot. I have a team now. I have a Sensei too. Her name is Sayuri and she's trying to teach me to seal things too. She's nice to me but... the others not so much. They all think I'm weird.. that I'm different. Maybe I am... but it gets a little lonely sometimes. I just.. I wish you were both here. It's so hard not having anyone." The girl's voice had become shaky and tears were threatening to be emitted from her eyes.
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The girl was left in silence, though she wasn't alone, Sayuri had been watching the whole time. She would feel a reassuring hand squeeze her shoulder when the jounin finally decided to reveal her precense. "You doing okay Hana?" Apparently she had heard everything, and seemed genuinely concerned. It wasn't good the young uzumaki was pulling kunai on other children, which had Sayuri thinking she might have been a poor role model in that regard. She would ignore that for now though and kneel beside the younger girl, looking over the pair of gravestones in-front of them. It would be hard to tell, but Sayuri was a little nervous. It would be normal for someone to be concerned about one of their students like that, but it would quickly come to question how she knew where to go.
She would sit in silence for now, letting Hana compose herself a little more as she thought about what to say next. "You know, they'd be proud of you Hana." She would add, hoping to help her feel just a little better. It seems though, despite Hana having not been there for a while, there were some wilted roses there as if someone had been visiting regularly. Though they were pale blue in colour, it was easy to imagine how beautiful they might have been when they were first put there. Though, someone had gone through some effort to arrange some an odd colour of flower. For now, Sayuri would stay silent, waiting to see just how Hana might react.
on Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:06 pm
As the tears threatened to exit the small Uzumaki's eyes, a hand would find its way onto Hana's shoulder prompting her to place a hand within her kunai pouch as she turned to meet a familiar face. Upon seeing Sayuri, Hana would release her kunai and quickly rub her eyes. The small red haired girl would grin a bit nervously, "Yeah. Just visiting some family! The uh.. breeze had my eyes irritated," the girl would giggle nervously as she rubbed the back of her head. Then, she would hear Sayuri speak sweet words that made her heart twinge. Proud? How could they be proud of her now? There was no way. She was only starting and she didn't know much of anything yet. She had onky just learned how to seal things away. But.. who is Sayuri talking about?
Did she know about Hana's parents? It would make sense considering she was Hana's sensei.
Blue eyes would stare at the older Uzumaki before she realized that something was strange about this situation. "Huh? But uh.. Sensei, why are you here?
I know I'm your student and all.. but you couldn't have known I was here." The child would look around with a bit of a confused face. She hadn't seen many other Uzumaki's barried in this particular area. "Are you visiting someone too, Sayuri Sensei?" Hana could only imagine how many people Sayuri had lost considering her position, so it wouldn't surprise her if someone she knew died on the same day as Hana's parents.
Sayuri took a note of the girl's reaction to surprise, it was good that she was as least quick on the draw and it wasn't as though Sayuri herself didn't respond to potential threats with a little too much fervor. Regardless, it seemed like Hana wanted to avoid crying in front of her sensei and while that was understandable it wasn't the most healthy thing she should be doing. No need to keep everything bottled up inside like that, it would just eat away at her until it became too much. "You can cry Hana, nothing wrong with that" She would reassure the girl as she looked on to the two headstones, pondering something quietly while Hana would begin to question the jounin's reason for being here today.
Of course the question Sayuri had been dreading since she had woken up this morning had come, maybe a little sooner than she had hoped. The jounin would go quiet for some time, contemplating exactly how she was going to proceed. With a slightly uncertain look on her face, Sayuri would take her right hand would reach over to the seal on her left wrist, activating it to draw out two flowers, carefully replacing the wilted ones in their place. It probably wouldn't take too long for Hana to figure out what the older Uzumaki was going for. She didn't want to say it outright, and thus sat in silence as she waited for the inevitable. It wasn't clear yet if Hana would flip out or just leave, so Sayuri was mentally preparing herself for either outcome.
Hana would twitch a bit as Sayuri told her that it was ok to cry confirming that she knew what Hana thought she did. The small Uzumaki would begin to feel her face warm up as her eyes watered once again. She would do anything just to have her parents beside her. She would do anything just to have a family again. She would do anything just to not have to be alone in such a large house that she didn't even pay for. She would do anything to just have someone to support her. She couldn't rememeber much of who they were, but they were warm memories. She remembered their smiles, their excitement, their joy, their pain, their saddness, and their fear. She remembered a reality with them included that was more than she could ever ask for, but being do young she took it for granted.
However, Sayuri had grown silent prompting a more nervous thinking in Hana's mind. Why was she here? Did something bad happen? What more did Hana have to lose? What did Sayuri really come here for? With solemn movements, the jounin would move her hand over a seal upon her left wrist causing a panicked feeling in Hana's belly. What was in that seal? Relief. Relief would fall over the small Uzumaki as Sayuri pulled out flowers. Flowers for who? Flowers for Hana's parents? Blue eyes would widen as Hana would watch this endeavor between her parents and her sensei. Was Sayuri a friend of theirs? Sayuri was an Uzumaki too maybe they were family? Then, why wouldn't Sayuri have taken Hana in? Why would she make Hana live alone? Between the feelings of confusion and sadness, tears would stream from Hana's cheeks. She wanted to run, hide, and never see Sayuri again. Alas, she needed answers.
"W-Who are they to you? Who really are you?!" Hana's face would twist into a form of anger as tears continued to fall from her heartbrokenness. Who was her Sensei? Why did it take her this long to confront Hana? Why wouldn't she have just said it aloud? Hana needed to hear it from Sayuri's own mouth.
It felt like an eternity to have Hana respond to her, it was almost unbearable. Though it had been a long time now, and the jounin had thought she was prepared, she was nowhere close. When the young girl's face screwed up in anger she couldn't bring herself to look the girl in the eyes... but she deserved an explanation. Though she just didn't know how to put this into words. So she instead would just go ahead and say it outright."I'm your older sister" Sayuri could only brace for the anger that would bring, after all it seemed to paint Sayuri as some sort of monster. Anything she said from this point on would just seem like an excuse for her negligence, but maybe she could get Hana to understand her reasons.
"When they died, it was just me and you. Since I joined ANBU I figured it would just be better if you could make it alone and not have to lose someone else..." At the time it seemed like a good idea, though she had been somewhat emotionally compromised due to their parents death. She didn't want to be the cause of more heartache when she didn't come back from a mission, or simply disappeared due to the covert nature of that group. Looking back, she had clearly made the wrong choice, which is why Sayuri planned on fixing it now, if it was even possible.
on Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:46 am
Hana would continue to stare as her face became the same shade as her hair symbolizing a furious anger that had never before been seen from the Uzumaki child. Tears strolled down her cheeks from the multitude of emotions that fought for attention and for the surface. Hana thought she was prepared for the answer. Hana thought she was ready for what came next. The words would hit her like a rasengan to the stomach and her being would freeze completely. Her sister? Hana didn't have a sister. Hana didn't remember a sister. Hana had her mother, her father, and nobody else. She never had a sibling to play with. She didn't remember. She rememebered the funeral service that was secret to the public. She rememebered sitting alone crying without any understanding as to why she couldn't see her mother and father again. There was no sister to comfort her. There was no sister that even showed up just to sit in the background. There wasn't even a sister to hold Hana at night, as she sat alone in that large empty house terrified of the dark and of her own nightmares. Hana would begin to giggle thinking about it all. It would turn from a small, cute giggle to a hysterical cackling. "Y-You must think you're so funny, huh?! I don't have a sister! I've never had a sister!
It was just mom, dad, and me. That's all. Just us! Then, just me. I was alone. I was small and terrified... and alone. Where was my sister then?! Where was my sister when I sat in the dark crying for anyone that cared? Where was my sister when I would be so lonely that my only solace was talking to pictures on the walls of faces long burried in the dirt? Where was my sister... when I needed her?"
Hana would turn away hearing the words of the older Uzumaki before her. Her blue eyes had burst into tears throughout her own epilogue of sadness and depression. A small 'tch' would escape her teeth before the girl would speak towards the ground, "I would have rather lived knowing I had something to live for rather than thinking I had nothinh left. " Her small voice would crack and break as her heart sunk straught into the dirt, dust, and debris beneath her very feet. Her knees would hit the ground as she would wipe never-ending tears from her soaked face. "I-I... I... I needed... you," her voice would say through small pauses of agony and cracking sounds.
on Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:12 am
Sayuri could see the pain she had caused with her words, manifesting as a furious anger that tended to be a trait among some of the Uzumaki clan. The jounin would just stay silent, trying her best to keep the young girl's gaze no matter what. It wasn't an easy choice, and it certainly wasn't the smartest choice, but Sayuri had been rather young herself when she made it. Her expression quickly faded to a frown, seeming most disappointed in herself as the younger girl began to vent all the emotions that had become bottled up during those years of negligence. "I know I wasn't there... but I did everything I could" Thankfully the girl had turned away, making it easier for Sayuri to hold her composure. Hana wouldn't have known, though she must have wondered who had been leaving small gifts at her door. From new clothes and other everyday items to small presents on special occasions. The neighbors had been good to her, if a little distant. She didn't want to say it aloud, as if it was some sort of excuse, but maybe when she calmed down Hana could piece together who that mysterious benefactor had been all these years. Or it might just make her more upset, after all, how hard would it have been to take that extra step and knock at the door instead of just leaving gifts?
Seeing her younger sibling reduced to tears was almost more than she could bare, reaching out only to pull her hand away at the last moment. "I know it's too late now... but I'm going to be here for you. If you'll let me" It was a long shot, and Sayuri knew it. Having waited so long now, maybe it would have been better to just never tell her, but she wasn't sure she could have spent every day as the girl's sensei just constantly lying to her like that. "And if not, Kuroi and Zakul will look after you. I really couldn't have asked for a better team to look over" If she even deserved to look over them... She hadn't noticed it herself, but her own face was already streaked with tears, most uncharacteristic of her, but it had been a long time since her softer side had really surfaced. Not just the bubbly facade that hid a deeply troubled young woman.
She didn't know what to say or what to do, except just cry. She cried for what seemed like forever. She cried every day since the passing of her parents, even if she knew they wouldn't have wanted her too. Hana was young, she was small, and she had a heart so very fragile that she just couldn't seem to bare being alone. However, she was also very strong for pushing on so long by her very lonesome and striving for great things, although now she wasn't quite sure if she was the one destined to be like her parents now. Perhaps, Sayuri was the one that was supposed to live up to there expectations all along and maybe Sayuri was the one that was supposed to inherit everything they had left behind. It seemed that the more Hana contemplated what she had gained from the word 'sister' she had lost much greater things that meant the world to her. Who was she now? What greatness did she need to achieve now that she knew she wasn't so special afterall? Had her parents even been impressed wth her or was it really Sayuri they had always looked to? The child would stand and turn to her sensei in a fit of tear filled rage, until she saw the emotion pouring from her sister's eyes. Why was she crying? WHAT DID SHE HAVE TO BE SAD ABOUT?! She hadn't lost anything?! She hadn't felt the solitude that Hana had! She hadn't lost everything that Hana had! Even still, Hana's feelings would mix between a sadness and anger that confused her small brain. Hana would fall to her hands and knees in front of her sister looking to the ground as her tears dripped onto the grass beneath her.
Almost as if she didn't realize, Hana would begin to speak aloud, "Selfish and stupid. I am so selfish and stupid. What could she be so sad for? She couldn't have endured what I did. She couldn't have been lonely. Ha.
Such a fool. I never had anything to begin with. I'm just a kid. I'm not supposed to do the cool things Sayuri does. I'm not supposed to be great. I'm not supposed to have anything I have. It's all supposed to be hers. I'm just the little kid. Sayuri lost everything I did and then some. Maybe if they had died sooner... before me... none of this would be a problem. She wouldn't have had to look out for me or give me knew things, even if I didn't know it was her. Maybe, she could have lived in our big house.
Maybe, she could could have moved on with her sadness because she wouldn't have to worry about me. What am I now? I thought I was good. I thought I had a future. I thought.. I was.. supposed to be something... but... I-I.." Hana would stop speaking as her mind fell into a depressed trance while her emotions leaked onto the grass continually. Her small chest would force air in and out as she panicked over what her newfound position was in this world. Did Sayuri even want her?
Sayuri couldn't stand the silence as Hana went through everything over in her head, maybe just making things worse or trying to just make sense of it all, but if the jounin had known what the girl would be doing next it was almost preferable. It was like she had just completely forgotten that her older sister was there at all as she began on a conversation all by herself. "Hana?" Sayuri wiped away some of her own tears as the girl ignored her attempts to break through and get to her before she fell too far into her sorrow. Nothing seemed to work however. So she couldn't help it, she had to try harder. Having very little idea on what to do in these sorts of situations however, she would need to simply rely on her instincts.
The jounin would attempt to pull the girl up from the ground to wrap her arms around her, holding her close in a tight hug. "You'll do great things Hana, I know it. Your future is going to be brighter than mine ever was. I'll make sure of it" She would try her best to stop the girl escaping her until she calmed down. After all, the way she was acting worried the older Uzumaki quite a lot, she just couldn't stand it. She had to make up for all those years of lies, and it would need to start now.
Her arms bent at the elbows as he strength weakened and brought her semi-defeated body closer to the ground. Her mind spiraled out of control ignoring every attempt made by her sister to snatch her from her depressed state of mind. Hana didn't know where she was, who was around, what was happening, or why she was so disturbed in the first place. Yet.. her mind.. kept going. Hana felt numb to the world to the point where she was bound to have stayed in that very spot until she was discovered by some pyre soul with the desire to get her help. However, the moment Sayuri touched the child and dragged her close for an embrace, Hana would snap back to reality as her limbs flailed at her small fists attempted to connect with her Sensei's flesh. "How do you know?!
Im just a stupid kid! You don't know me! You don't know anything about me! Y-Y.... D--Does anyone...Do you even love me?" Her body had flailed rapidly only slowing with each screamed word that eminated from her tiny mouth, which would also slow into a hoarse whisper of sobs. Her arms could stop punching and wrap around her sister's torso and her legs would follow. The child held onto Sayuri with everything she had as her heart sunk asking that final question. The younger Uzumaki knew how heartbroken her sister would be hearing such a question, but it was something Hana hadn't heard since her parents' passing. She was young and yearned for affections from anyone willing to care for her and support her. She needed Sayuri and she always would.
Sayuri would weather the storm of the young girl's flailing limbs, it was hardly an effective way to try and fight her way out but it seemed the embrace had worked. If only now. Though nothing could have really prepared her for what Hana had to say next. It sounded like she desperately needed someone to look to. Rather than just a sensei, she wanted proper family. "Of course I do" She hugs the girl tighter, staying silent for just a moment "What kind of big sister would I be if I didn't?" She relaxes slightly, not breaking away from the hug, just making sure she didn't squeeze her too hard. "Please believe me Hana, I don't know what else to say" It seemed despite her achievements and skill meant little when it came to these sorts of situations. The ANBU hadn't taught her how to be a big sister, she just hoped that she could learn as quickly as she could so little Hana didn't have to cry any more.
on Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:09 pm
As Sayuri confirmed her very affections for her younger sister making sure Hana knew that she was loved by somebody in this large world. Hana would sink into her sister's embrace for what seemed like the remainder of the day, although the sun was far from falling beneath the horizon. Her face was damp with tears for longer than she had excepted. However, her tears had turned from saddened anger to a point of mourning. She still felt a twinge of anger in her heart, yet her heart was now at a better state of rest knowing she finally had something to call her own. Her heart was now just the slightest bit put together knowing that she hadn't lost everything just yet. She was simply happy to know that somewhere her parents were watching their reunion and didn't need to hurt anymore seeing them so far apart. Hana couldn't be mad anymore for Sayuri stayed with her and proved, just a little, that she would be there when her sister hurt. Hana couldn't be angry anymore knowing that someone was here to embrace her and speak encouraging words to her. All she could think now was, "W-What happens when it gets dark? A-Are you.. gonna come home.. with me? The house is so big for just me..." Her blue eyes would lift to her sister's face as she stayed wrapped around the older Uzumaki. She was scared. She couldn't help but be. She had her sister in her grasp, but would she be able to keep her around. What if she had to go away? Could she stay in their home with Hana or did she have to stay in her own home? Hana didn't like staying alone. The house was too big and held so many precious pictures, even though none of them included Sayuri, which was probably a product of Sayuri herself. Could they stay like.. a family now?
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“Then David slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the city of David. The time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.” So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David; and his kingdom was firmly established. 1 Kings 2:10-12
Dearest NNOA Family & Friends,
It is with a heavy heart that I offer my deepest condolences and words of solace in the recent loss of a stalwart member and founder Ret. Captain Sandy Pollard. In her third book, “A letter to my daughter” Phenomenal Woman and Poet Laureate, Dr. Maya Angelou wrote,“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution. Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.” This powerful statement is the epitome of Retired Captain Sandy Pollard’s influence upon my life and the lives of so many that she touched. Her finger prints are gracefully etched throughout the span of my Naval career, my personal life, the lives of my daughters and so many others. She is the one who time after time breathed life into a dying or hopeless situation. I cannot recall a time when I did not see her smiling or having an encouraging word. Just this past Tuesday evening, at our monthly Tidewater Chapter NNOA meeting she was present and contributed with the same level of passion and enthusiasm for her beloved NNOA. I wish that we could all bring that level of gracious love to our organization! CAPT Pollard is a titan in our timeline! May we continue her trailblazing legacy as she now sleeps with the ancestors. When David was anointed King, there was strife between the “anointed” King David and the people’s “chosen” King Saul. What God “anoints”, God also firmly established. NNOA is forever “established” by the testimony of our ancestors! Especially those who now sleep like The Golden Thirteen, Phyllis Mae Dailey, Jesse LeRoy Brown, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Those whose lives have irrevocably transformed the life & legacy of one who now sleeps with the ancestors, Ret. CAPT Sandy Pollard. May we always speak your great name.
Rev. Kimberly Cain, LCDR, CHC, USN
Ed Gantt, CAPT, USN (Ret.)
I was really shocked to hear of CAPT Sandy Pollard’s passing a few days ago. Sandy was such a big part of the National Naval Officer’s Association. Since meeting her at an NNOA annual conference back in 1979, I don’t think I have ever been to an NNOA conference where Sandy was not working either with registration or membership, or in some capacity to help the conference go smoothly.
At that 1979 NNOA Conference in Washington, DC, I was an Ensign with less than two years on active duty and attending my second NNOA Conference. I think Sandy had just transferred from the Naval Hospital at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, to the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, VA. With her staunch support of NNOA (only seven years old at that time), Sandy made such a positive impression on me that I tried to follow in her footsteps supporting NNOA.
I was equally impressed that as a Lieutenant Commander back then, Sandy knew every one of the Black Admirals and senior officers; the people I had read about as the trailblazers in this Navy. Granted, we’re talking about only four or five Admirals and about 30 Black Captains on active duty at that time, but she knew them all, by name. More importantly, they all seemed to know her too.
Later, when I served as NNOA Chapter President for three years in Tidewater, Sandy was always one of our more-dedicated chapter members. Each year, she was the head of one of our committees, activities, or our scholarship program, or our professional development. So many officers sat down after a year or two of intense dedication, suffering from (or claiming) burn-out. But Sandy never slowed down, and definitely never stopped working for NNOA, locally and nationally.
I remember Sandy Pollard at the NNOA Registration desk, checking us in at some annual conference somewhere. Pick a city, pick a year, pick an NNOA conference…Sandy Pollard was a consistent presence.
Sandy will be missed tremendously. But I will remember Sandy Pollard. I’m sure that most of you will as well.
CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY FOR CAPT PAMELA S. THEORGOOD, SC, USN
by khurst2@gmail.com | Mar 25, 2019 | Announcements
On Friday, MARCH 22, 2019, longtime Washington, DC Chapter National Naval Officer Association (DCNNOA) member CAPT Pamela S. Theorgood, SC, USN was relieved by CAPT Chad B. Burke, SC, USN as Commander, Defense Contract Management Agency Manassas, Virginia. The Change of Command Ceremony was held at the Lincoln Auditorium at the Westfields Marriot Washington Dulles in Chantilly, Virginia. Introductory remarks were provided by CAPT William B. Stevens SC, USN Commander, Defense Contract Management Agency Eastern Region. Notable officials in attendance included ADM (Ret) Cecil Haney, USN, ADM (Ret) Mark E. Ferguson III, USN, RADM (Ret) Althea H. “Allie” Coetzee, SC, USN, NNOA National President RADM (Ret) Sinclair Harris, USN, and DCNNOA Vice President CAPT Gary Powe, SC, USN. CAPT Theorgood’s family was in attendance including her husband Clyde, son LCPL Tyrik Theorgood, USMC, mom Ms. Karen Davis, and countless other family members and friends. CAPT Theorgood is a native of Pennsylvania and has earned a BS in Finance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. CAPT Theorgood also holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, California and holds a Master’s in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. CAPT Theorgood’s decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (2), Navy Commendation Medal (5), Navy Achievement Medal (4), and various other unit and campaign awards.
CAPT Theorgood next assignment is with the staff of Commander, Naval Surface Force in San Diego, California. Following the Change of Command ceremony a reception was held.
Best wishes and a “Hearty Well Done” is forwarded to CAPT Theorgood and her family from the Executive Board and members of the Washington, DC Chapter of the National Naval Officers Association!
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Orion M. Kidd, Sr – Son of CAPT Don Flowers, USN (Ret.)
Condolences to our CAPT Don Flowers, USN (Ret.) for the loss of his son Orion M. Kidd, Sr. CAPT Don Flowers, USN (Ret), is a long time member of NNOA who served as the Western Region VP and Symposium Chair.
Funeral arrangements for family and friends are as follows:
*April 1, 2019 – Viewing
Wiggins-Knipp Funeral Home
3:00 pm – 6:30pm, Viewing of Body
6:30 pm – 8:00pm, An opportunity for Family & Friends to provide Comments and/or Reflections on the Life of Orion Kidd, Sr.
*April 2, 2019 – Funeral Service & Repast
Union Baptist Church
128 Encerti Ave
11:00 am, Funeral Service
Repast immediately following the Funeral Service at the church
*April 3, 2019 – Burial
Sacramento Valley National Cemetery
Dixon, CA. 95620
10:30am, Burial
Retirement Ceremony for CAPT (Ret) Wilbert R. Bynum, SC, USN
On Friday, March 15, 2019, longtime NNOA member and DCNNOA member CAPT (Ret) Wilbert R. Bynum, SC, USN held his Retirement Ceremony at the Pat Thompson Center in Millington, Tennessee. CAPT Bynum is a native of Tupelo, Mississippi. He was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Training Corps (NROTC) program at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics while minoring in Physics. He also earned a Master’s Degree from Troy State University and completed executive training at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and joint professional military education at the Joint Forces Staff College. CAPT Bynum served 30 years in the Navy in a variety of sea and shore assignments. At sea, his assignments included: Supply Officer, USS GEORGE H. W. Bush (CVN 77); Assisatant Supply Officer, USS NIMITZ (CVN 68); and Supply Officer, USS FLATLEY (FFG 21) and Disbursing and Sales Officer, USS MARVIN SHIELDS (FF 1066).
Captain Bynum’s previous shore assignments included: Commanding Officer, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center, Jacksonville, FL; Assistant Commander for Corporate Operations (N1/N5), Naval Supply Systems Command Headquarters; Director of Logistics (J4), Combined, Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa; Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff Logistics, Fleet Supply & Ordnance, U.S. Pacific Fleet; and Chief of Staff for Logistics U.S. Naval Forces, Marianas; and Assistant Supply Officer, Naval Support Activity, New Orleans. CAPT Bynum currently serves as Director, Detailing Division for the Naval Supply Systems Command, Office of Supply Corps Personnel in Millington, TN.
CAPT Bynum is a Joint Qualified Officer and member of the Navy Acquisition Community. CAPT Bynum is dual warfare qualified as a Naval Aviation Supply Officer and a Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer.
His military decorations include the following: Legion of Merit (three awards), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards) and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. The Guest Speaker for CAPT Bynum’s Retirement Ceremony was RADM (Ret) Vincent Griffith, SC, USN. The Presiding Officer for the ceremony was CAPT Kerry Pearson, SC, USN and the Master of Ceremony was CAPT Milton Troy, SC, USN. CAPT Bynum was joined in the ceremony, by his wife Jen, daughters Courtney, Serena and Milo, Mother Mrs. Jimmia Bynum, longtime family friend Mr. Robert Fields and numerous other family members and friends.
As in true Navy tradition the ceremony was “superb”! “Best Wishes” are forwarded to CAPT Bynum and his family for 30 years of distinguished service to this nation and the United States Navy from all his friends and colleagues within the National Naval Officers Association!
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COVER REVEAL BLITZ: Taken Love by KC Royale @KCRoyale_Author
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Taken Love
by KC Royale
Your first crush isn't normally the man who ends up dating your best friend, nor is he the man you end up wanting to marry. But my inexperience on how to handle such a strong reaction to one guy nearly cost me everything back then. They say you can't control when you first fall in love or who you fall in love with. So when I found myself in love for the first time at seventeen, it was a bit shocking. Not for the reasons you think, but then again, maybe it was.
His name was Johnathan Pierce, the one who drove me insane with lust, and frustrated me to no end. How could I not fall for him? How could any girl refuse his green eyes, experienced touch and intoxicating words? I knew that he was no longer the seventeen year old boy who had taken me for the ride of my life, he was a man now. It's been six years since my heart was taken by Johnathan, a man who was now a CEO of a billion dollar empire. A man who has taken all that I had to give, and hurt me in the worst way imaginable, causing me to give up everything and run away. The indescribable pain I felt has consumed me for six long years, but now the time has come for me to return home. Home, where it all started for a girl name Kathleen Toth-Chamberlin. Every story has a beginning... and an end.
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Blog Tour: Forbidden Pleasures by M.S. Parker @msparkerauthor
I had a very definite plan for the rest of my life, and it mostly consisted of getting laid by random strangers and never having to deal with the possibility of anyone getting close enough to hurt me again. Now, after one stupid mistake, I couldn't quit thinking about him, and I knew it was just going to get worse from here.
When twenty-two year-old Jenna Lang went in to Archer Enterprises for a job, she doesn't expect her entire world to be turned upside-down. Now, she can't get wealthy CEO Rylan Archer out of her mind and she has a bad feeling that he's just as intrigued by her. As his intentions become clear, she must decide if she's willing to risk everything on the chance he's different. Including the steamy prequel, Broken Pleasures, M.S. Parker's new scorching Pleasures series is not to be missed. See what Forbidden Pleasures has in store.
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M.S. Parker is a USA Today Bestselling author and the author of the Erotic Romance series, Club Privè and Chasing Perfection. Living in Southern California, she enjoys sitting by the pool with her laptop writing on her next spicy romance. Growing up all she wanted to be was a dancer, actor or author. So far only the latter has come true but M. S. Parker hasn't retired her dancing shoes just yet. She is still waiting for the call for her to appear on Dancing With The Stars. When M. S. isn't writing, she can usually be found reading- oops, scratch that! She is always writing.
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Sale Blitz for Fading Out by Trisha Wolfe @givemebooksblog @TrishWolfe
Title: Fading Out
Series: Living Heartwood #3
Author: Trisha Wolfe
New Adult Contemporary Romance intended for readers 17 years of age and older. Told from dual point of view from Ari and Ryder, this novel can be read as a standalone or as part of the Living Heartwood series.
Love means fading out so another shines brighter.
Right clothes. Right school. Right fiancé. As a Wyndemere, Arian’s expected to abide by the rules. The most important: be perfect. But Arian’s seemingly flawless life is far from it. An embarrassing expulsion from her father's alma mater spirals an already unhealthy obsession out of control, exposing a dark truth.
Faced with having to attend a small private college after a stint in rehab, Arian’s ready to coast under the radar and repair some of the wreckage, but her father’s looming control is like a vise choking off her air supply.
When a run-in with Braxton’s beloved star quarterback, Ryder Nash, puts Arian squarely in the crosshairs of his devoted teammates, the last of her controlled, orderly world unhinges. As the pranks and paybacks escalate, Arian and Ryder’s rivalry takes a passionate turn. And once Arian glimpses beneath the all-star-athlete exterior Ryder projects, she realizes he’s far more than just a jock.
As their relationship intensifies, outside forces feel the threat. Outrunning their pasts doesn’t mean history won’t repeat itself, but Ryder can’t let that happen. He’s just one Championship game away from breaking the mold. Only one moment, one choice, might change everything.
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From an early age, Trisha Wolfe dreamed up fantasy worlds and characters and was accused of talking to herself. Today, she lives in South Carolina with her family and writes full time, using her fantasy worlds as an excuse to continue talking to herself.
Release Day Blitz for Filthy Desire by Sebastian Ex. @givemebooksblog
Title: Filthy Desire
Author: Sebastian Ex
My name is Matthew Weston. Don't call me anything else, because I won't respond. And if you think you can get away with whimpering ‘Matt’ while I have you tied to the bed, about to devour you, it'll end up being your loss.
Men like me don't talk about feelings. We just don't.
What men like me do is pound. I pound the asphalt with my running shoes on morning runs. I pound a punching bag in the gym until my knuckles bleed. And when I need a release, I find a beautiful woman sprawled out on her bed, eagerly waiting for my cock, and pound her into oblivion. Yeah, that's me. I don't have feelings, and I don't do love.
At least I didn't, until the night Ella walked into my office looking like a disgusting junky to interview for a position for The Onyx Club.
She was like no one I'd ever met before. She was timid, reserved, and quite plain with her mousy brown hair and dirty clothes. Ella also had a dark and haunted gleam in her eye. A secret, a past she was desperate to conceal.
And when she called me ‘Matt’ it didn't seem to bother me.
She came into my life and turned it upside down. The only question is, can I screw her out of my system, or will my filthy desire for her keep her by my side?
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Review by Ally Obsessive One Clicker
~ ARC given for an honest review on behalf of Obsessed by Books ~
Omg this book was so hot and sexy. I loved this book couldn't put it down. I was hooked on the first page and stayed up late to finish it. Filthy Desire was that good.
Matthew is a ladies man he is a manwhore who will sleep with any lady that comes across him. He doesn't like to be called Matt which turns him off in a big way. Sometimes he and Brandon would share the same female.
Matthew and Brandon are best friends and they own their very own club called the Onyx Club.
One day at the Onyx Club a young girl comes into the club looking for a job. Matthew interviews her and notices that is she like a lost little kitten. Ella comes into the club looking like someone that is poor and doesn't have a home.
Matthew was sexy and ignorant at times but he was very protective of Ella. He would buy things for her and spoil her. Ella is broken and living in her car. She has no family and no home. But when Matthew brings Ella back to his place. Things start to become steamy and sexual between the two.
I loved Matthew and Ella! Can't wait to see what happens next. Looking forward to more of Sebastian Ex's work in the future.
Sebastian Ex is a native of Sydney, Australia, having grown up in a tight-knit family mostly surrounded by women. From a young age he had a passion for all things green and outdoors, when he hit mid-teenage years he did an apprenticeship as a landscape gardener.
A serial lover of women, Sebastian was encouraged to pen his words when a lady friend of his compared some paragraphs from contemporary erotic novelists to his scorching, hot sexts. Now, Sebastian is about to release his debut novel in a bid to transition from landscaping to writing full-time.
Naomi Rabinowitz 'F#@! BOMB' Cover Reveal @naomirdesigns
Check out the cover for Naomi Rabinowitz upcoming New Adult Contemporary Novel, designed and hosted by Shane @ Itching for Books, and enter the international giveaway.
Release date: March 16th 2015
Synopsis via Goodreads:
Fatty. Freak. Friendless. Failure. Sadie Abramowitz is used to being alone. The morbidly obese college freshman literally doesn't fit in anywhere and was constantly the butt of jokes in high school.
So far, life at Cunningham University isn't much better. Her roommate only communicates in grunts while Sadie’s “dream job” at the school paper has her interviewing her fellow students with questions that practically invite them to insult her.
Things change when she’s assigned a story on Griffin Greenberg, the freshman track star who was one of Sadie’s high school bullies. At first, she’s reluctant to work with the gorgeous Griffin, but soon discovers that he’s not such a bad guy. Plus, he’s been keeping a secret: he’s gay.
As their friendship grows, Griffin challenges Sadie to do something she never thought possible: train for a marathon. Meanwhile, she supports him as he slowly comes to terms with his sexuality. Together, they help each other survive their first year of college – and also learn how to stand strong on their own.
Naomi Rabinowitz received a B.A. in English from Binghamton University and an M.A. in magazine journalism from Syracuse University. From 1998-2012, she worked as a reporter/editor for national TV magazine Soap Opera Digest. She lives in Queens, NY with her husband, Jonathan, and their cat, Maya.
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Lorelei James - Unraveled @loreleijames
Lorelei James
Unraveled (Mastered #3)
In this sizzling continuation of the Mastered series by New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James, a man will find the domination he’s always craved…
Shiori Hirano and Knox Lofgren are left to run the martial arts program at Black Arts while Ronin Black travels. On the surface, the two highest ranked belts appear to cooperate—but in private, they butt heads constantly, despite the undeniable attraction between them. Soon their power exchanges start to make for a sweltering dynamic in the bedroom…
At first Knox is shocked to be living out his submissive desires, but Shiori sets out to prove that embracing his true sexual nature doesn’t make him a weak man. But even while their sexual relationship grants him a power and fulfillment he finds surprising, there’s no training regimen for the fight that comes with loving a strong woman…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22055637-unraveled
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Lorelei James is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of contemporary erotic western romances set in the modern day Wild West and also contemporary erotic romances.
Lorelei's books have been nominated for and won the Romantic Times Reviewer's choice Award, as well as the CAPA Award. Lorelei lives in western South Dakota with her family...and a whole closet full of cow girl boots.
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Shiori moved to his other ear. One hand gripped his hair while
the other clamped onto his ass cheek. “The other choice is you on
your knees with that pouty mouth all over my pussy.”
“Look at me,” she said softly.
His lust-clouded
eyes met hers.
“Make me come so hard my knees give out. Then pick me up
and do it again.”
“A man like you?”
“A man who finds beauty in a woman secondary to her strength.
You have both in equal measure. So you tempt me beyond anything
I’ve ever experienced.”
“I changed my mind. I don’t give a damn about your sexual
past when you’re responding to my touch so beautifully.” She blew
in his ear. “A cliché for sure, but your body is my wonderland.”.
Shiori’s palms smoothed over his cheeks, and she tipped his
head back to look at him. “You did well.”
“It was all for you.”
“Now it’s your turn.” She brushed her lips across his. “Ask me.”
“Please, Nushi, let me come.”
“Come for me now.”
I’ve never craved a woman like I do you.” He groaned
and briefly closed his eyes. “I’m sitting here on my knees, my ass
stinging, knowing I’ve got more punishment in store, and my dick
is getting hard just imagining being with you again.”
The man worshipped her body with every caress, every
kiss, every stuttered breath. And yet he gave her total control. He
didn’t rock his hips or thrust up into her. He let her fuck him. That
surrender made this connection all the more powerful.
Warm lips trailed down her spine, and strong hands dug into
her hips. “One of these days I’m gonna map every muscle in your
back with my mouth. You’re so strong, and that is so fucking sexy.”
Lightning fast she wrapped her hand beneath his jaw and jerked
his face up. “Taking care of you is my responsibility, Knox. That
includes commanding you to get turned on, getting you off, cleaning
you up, and making sure you don’t do something stupid in the
aftermath.”
“Come into my lair, my sweet,” she murmured
against his lips, “and we’ll have us some kinky fun.”
You are alive and here with me, and
there’s no way I’ll ever be able to let you go. Not because you’re my
Mistress, but because you’re the woman I love. The woman I’ve
waited for my entire life.”
Shiori trapped his face in her hands and kissed him. “I didn’t
think I could love you more than I already do, but I was wrong.”
Another kiss. “Please get off your knees and hold me.”
About the Mastered Series by Lorelei James
Bound (Mastered #1)
In the new Mastered series by New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James, a woman’s desire to shatter her inhibitions leaves her unprepared for where that erotic journey will take her.
Former small-town girl Amery Hardwick is living her dream as a graphic designer in Denver, Colorado. She’s focused on building her business, which leaves little time for dating—not that she needs a romantic entanglement to fulfill her. When her friend signs up for a self-defense class as part of her recovery after an attack, Amery joins her for support. That’s where she meets him.
Ronin Black, owner of the dojo, is so drawn to Amery that he takes over her training—in public and in private. The enigmatic Ronin pushes Amery’s boundaries from the start, and with each new tryst, Amery becomes addicted to the pleasure and to him. But when Amery senses Ronin is hiding something, she questions her total trust in him, despite the undeniable thrill of his possession.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18249282-bound
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bound-Mastered-Lorelei-James-ebook/dp/B00E8OLJJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425034298&sr=8-1&keywords=lorelei+james+bound
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Book Blitz Tour Packet: The Tycoon's Revenge, by Melody Anne @iequalsalissa @authmelodyanne
Jasmine Freeman’s world is about to tumble down around her and the one responsible for it is none other than her first love, Derek Titan. She hasn't seen him in ten years, and they are both going to learn the truth of what happened back then. Jasmine grew up wealthy and oblivious to the destruction her father caused all around him. Derek was from the wrong side of the tracks. In ten years their lives will be reversed. He is now a multi-billionaire tycoon and she works hard, but barely gets by due to her father’s unethical business practices. Derek comes seeking revenge and instead finds out he has a half grown son and the woman he's been angry with for so many years is not who he thought she was. They both fight against the passion they still feel for each other, but in the end it is irresistible. Come take the journey with Derek and Jasmine as they rediscover a passion that never died and the lies that kept them apart.
NYT and USA Today Best Selling Author Melody Anne has written the popular series, Billionaire Bachelors, Surrender, and Baby for the Billionaire. She also has a Young Adult Series; Midnight Fire, Midnight Moon and Midnight Storm - Rise of the Dark Angel.
As an aspiring author, she wrote for years, then published in 2011. Holding a Bachelor's Degree in business, she loves to write about strong, powerful, businessmen and the corporate world. When Melody isn't writing, she cultivates strong bonds with her family and relatives and enjoys time spent with them as well as her friends, and beloved pets. A country girl at heart, she loves the small town and strong community she lives in and is involved in many community projects. See Melody's Website at: www.melodyanne.com. She makes it a point to respond to all her fans. You can also join her on facebook at: www.facebook.com/melodyanneauthor, or at twitter: @authmelodyanne. She looks forward to hearing from you and thanks you for your continued interest in her stories.
The Critic Release Day Launch @JSchwehmBooks
We’re having a release day launch for Joanne Schwehm’s The Critic. I am so excited to share this new romance with you! And Joanne is sharing a fantastic excerpt with us, so be sure to check out all the fun details!!
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Effect of the the weather on musculoskeletal symptoms
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Fluctuation of pain by weather change in musculoskeletal disorders.
Salek KM, Mamun MA, Parvin N, Ahmed SM, Khan MM, Rijvi AN, Rahman MH, Khasru MR, Akther A, Rahman M, Islam S, Emran A.
Mymensingh Med J. 2011 Oct;20(4):645-51.
In order to find out the fluctuation of pain by weather change, a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 138 individuals having musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) attending the out patient department (OPD) of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital, Dhaka, during March 2004 to June 2004. Data were collected by face to face interview employing a pre-tested interview schedule containing structured questions. Among 138 respondents, male were predominant (52.2%). Mean age of the respondents was 39.42±10.79 years, while the most common age group was found as '31 to 40 years'. By occupation, majority were housewives (40.58%), followed by businessmen (29.71%), service holder (15.22%), laborer (7.97%), and students (6.52%). The primary sites of pain were back and low back (38.4%), knee (24.6%), leg (8.7%), ankle and heel (8.0%), hand and wrist (6.5%), neck (5.8%), shoulder (5.8%), and elbow (2.2%). Highest number (47.8%) patients reported aching pain, while one fifth (20.3%) of them experienced burning pain. About 36.2 percent respondents mentioned 'prolonged standing' as the main cause of pain aggravation, while almost half (48.6%) of the patients perceived that 'application of heat' was the key relieving factor of their pain. About two third (63%) of the respondents were sensitive to weather change; among them 56.3 percent reported that their pain increased during cold weather. Moreover, more than two third (67.4%) study-patients experienced deterioration of pain due to seasonal variation; of them 59.1 percent reported that their pain was exacerbated in winter season. Of all respondents, less than one third (30.4%) experienced aggravation of pain due to lunar change; of them majority (85.7%) experienced increased pain during dark fortnights. Our study concluded that weather change might have an important role in fluctuation of pain among individuals having musculoskeletal disorders.
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Was it Rocky or Bullwinkle that had the weather bunion? (It was the moose, so which ever one he was).
As an aside, how many authors did that paper have listed? :bash:
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Simon Spooner, Nov 16, 2011
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I clicked on this thread hoping for an insight into the mechanism behind this phenomena. Doesn't look like this paper discusses that though. Chances of someone on here having access to the Mymensingh Medical Journal...?
Griff, Nov 16, 2011
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It would be interesting to see a study done on those same subjects where they are instituted into a room with fluctuating humidity and barometric pressures to see if they can tell the difference via an analogue pain scale. Bad weather and cold conditions don't generally make people happy or feel good. Is it therefore a surprise that they use this anecdote for pain exacerbation's? Get a control group situation and test the theory.
footankle.ca, Nov 17, 2011
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Simon Spooner said: ↑
Bullwinkle
That says it all
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Ian G said: ↑
I like the theory that the rapidly decreasing barometric pressure that accompanies low pressure systems and storms causes a expansion of the closed fluid compartment within the joints stimulating the receptors within the joint capsules. Ever take a bag of potato chips (crisps) up to altitude in the mountains?.....same physics lesson.....
However, wouldn't think that the fluid within the joints would actually expand that much with slight changes in external barometric pressure, but it may not take much change in joint volume to cause the receptors to become stimulated...
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I have had soooo many oa patients over the years say the same thing.
The barometric pressure certainly is the only plausible or at least reasonable explanation. "I feel winter" just does not do it for me.
I've wondered if in fact the internal damage and increased cellular activity in say an osteoarthritic knee that already has swelling to begin with does not take much to push over the threshhold regarding decreased barometric pressure acting to allow increase in volume and therefore easier excitation? I have not much to prove that though. Just a thought I had.
A proper study is the only way to know.
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Orthican, Nov 18, 2011
Effect of Weather on Back Pain: Results From a Case-Crossover Study
Daniel Steffens, Chris G. Maher, Qiang Li, Manuela L. Ferreira, Leani S. M. Pereira, Bart W. Koes and Jane Latimer
Arthritis Care & Research; Volume 66, Issue 12, pages 1867–1872, December 2014
To investigate the influence of various weather conditions on risk of low back pain.
We conducted a case-crossover study in primary care clinics in Sydney, Australia. A total of 993 consecutive patients with a sudden, acute episode of back pain were recruited from October 2011 to November 2012. Following the pain onset, demographic and clinical data about the back pain episode were obtained for each participant during an interview. Weather parameters (temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, wind speed, wind gust, wind direction, and precipitation) were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology for the entire study period. Weather exposures in the case window (time when participants first noticed their back pain) were compared to exposures in 2 control time windows (same time duration, 1 week and 1 month before the case window).
Temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, wind direction, and precipitation showed no association with onset of back pain. Higher wind speed (odds ratio [OR] 1.17 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.04–1.32], P = 0.01 for an increase of 11 km/hour) and wind gust (OR 1.14 [95% CI 1.02–1.28], P = 0.02 for an increase of 14 km/hour) increased the odds of pain onset.
Weather parameters that have been linked to musculoskeletal pain such as temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, and precipitation do not increase the risk of a low back pain episode. Higher wind speed and wind gust speed provided a small increase in risk of back pain, and although this reached statistical significance, the magnitude of the increase was not clinically important.
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The influence of weather on the risk of pain exacerbation in patients with knee osteoarthritis – a case-crossover study
M.L. Ferreira, Y. Zhang, B. Metcalf, J. Makovey, K.L. Bennell, L. March, D.J. Hunter
To quantify the risk of knee pain exacerbation associated with temperature, relative humidity, air pressure and precipitation in persons with knee osteoarthritis.
A web-based case-crossover study was conducted. Participants with a diagnosis of symptomatic, radiographic knee osteoarthritis were measured at baseline and followed for 3 months. Participants were instructed to log on to the study website if they perceived experiencing knee pain exacerbation (hazard period). Pain exacerbation was defined as an increase of ≥2 on a 0–10 numeric rating scale (NRS) from the participant's mildest pain reported at baseline. A time-stratified case-crossover study was conducted to anchor the corresponding hazard date to four control periods within a particular 35-day interval. Data on maximum and minimum temperature (?C), relative humidity (%), barometric pressure (hPa) and precipitation (mm) were obtained for the hazard and control periods from the publicly available meteorological database of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The associations were assessed using conditional logistic regression.
Of the 345 participants recruited, 171 participants (women: 64%, mean age: 62 years, mean BMI: 30.2 kg/m2) experienced at least one episode of pain exacerbation, yielding 1,425 observations included in the analyses. There was no apparent association between temperature, relative humidity, air pressure or precipitation and risk of knee pain exacerbation.
Despite anecdotal reports from patients, change in weather factors does not appear to influence the risk of pain exacerbation in persons with knee osteoarthritis. Additional studies should quantify the association of weather and risk of pain exacerbation in regions with more extreme weather conditions.
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Link between weather and chronic pain is emerging through innovative smartphone research
Preliminary findings from a mass participation study have indicated a link between weather conditions - specifically rain and lack of sunshine - and chronic pain.
Daily data inputted from over 9000 UK participants in The University of Manchester-led 'Cloudy with a Chance of Pain' project has been viewed at the halfway stage of the 18-month study; these early results suggest a correlation between the number of sunny days and rainfall levels and changes in pain levels.
Professor Will Dixon, who leads the study, will be speaking at the British Science Festival at 15.00 on Wednesday 7 September about this novel study and the interim findings.
Members of the public who have long-term pain record their daily pain symptoms on a special app. The app also independently captures hourly weather conditions using the smartphone GPS, thus joining pain data with real-time local weather events. The study is still open to new participants and the researchers are keen to recruit as many people as possible who are willing to track their symptoms.
At the halfway stage the research team reviewed the interim data, looking specifically at data sets collected from participants in three cities - Leeds, Norwich and London.
Across all three cities, as the number of sunny days increased from February to April, the amount of time spent in severe pain decreased. However, the amount of time spent in severe pain increased again in June when the weather was wetter and there were fewer hours of sunshine.
Will Dixon, Professor of Digital Epidemiology at The University of Manchesters School of Biological Sciences and scientific lead for the Cloudy project, said the early results were encouraging but urged more people to take part in the study in order to allow robust conclusions at the end of the study.
Once the link is proven, people will have the confidence to plan their activities in accordance with the weather. In addition, understanding how weather influences pain will allow medical researchers to explore new pain interventions and treatments.
To work out the details of how weather influences pain, we need as many people as possible to participate in the study and track their symptoms on their smartphone.
If you are affected by chronic pain, this is your chance to take do something personally - and easily - to lead to a breakthrough in our understanding of pain.
Influence of meteorological elements on balance control and pain in patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis
Peultier, L., Lion, A., Chary-Valckenaere, I. et al.
Int J Biometeorol (2016). doi:10.1007/s00484-016-1269-x
This study aimed to determine if pain and balance control are related to meteorological modifications in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). One hundred and thirteen patients with knee OA (mean age = 65 ± 9 years old, 78 women) participated in this study. Static posturography was performed, sway area covered and sway path traveled by the center of foot pressure being recorded under six standing postural conditions that combine three visual situations (eyes open, eyes closed, vision altered) with two platform situations (firm and foam supports). Knee pain score was assessed using a visual analog scale. Balance control and pain measurements recorded in the morning were correlated with the meteorological data. Morning and daily values for temperature, precipitation, sunshine, height of rain in 1 h, wind speed, humidity, and atmospheric pressure were obtained from the nearest data collecting weather station. The relationship between postural control, pain, and weather variations were assessed for each patient on a given day with multiple linear regressions. A decrease of postural stability was observed when atmospheric pressure and maximum humidity decreased in the morning (p < 0.05) and when atmospheric pressure decreased within a day (p < 0.05). Patient’s knee pain was more enhanced when it is warmer in the morning (p < 0.05) and when it is wetter and warmer within a day (p < 0.05). The relationship between weather, pain, and postural control can help patients and health professionals to better manage daily activities.
Acute Low Back Pain? Do Not Blame the Weather—A Case-Crossover Study.
Keira Beilken, Mark J. Hancock, Chris G. Maher, Qiang Li, Daniel Steffens.
Pain Medicine, 2016; pnw126 DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnw126
Objective. To investigate the influence of various weather parameters on the risk of developing a low back pain (LBP) episode.
Design. Case-crossover study.
Setting. Primary care clinics in Sydney, Australia.
Subjects. 981 participants with a new episode of acute LBP.
Methods. Weather parameters were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were derived comparing two exposure variables in the case window—(1) the average of the weather variable for the day prior to pain onset and (2) the change in the weather variable from 2 days prior to 1 day prior to pain onset—with exposures in two control windows (1 week and 1 month before the case window).
Results. The weather parameters of precipitation, humidity, wind speed, wind gust, wind direction, and air pressure were not associated with the onset of acute LBP. For one of the four analyses, higher temperature slightly increased the odds of pain onset.
Conclusions. Common weather parameters that had been previously linked to musculoskeletal pain, such as precipitation, humidity, wind speed, wind gust, wind direction, and air pressure, do not increase the risk of onset for LBP.
NewsBot, Jan 10, 2017
Association between acute gouty arthritis and meteorological factors: An ecological study using a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2017 May 20. pii: S0049-0172(17)30080-X. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2017.05.006
The aims of this study were as follows: (1) to analyze the literature systematically regarding the seasonal and monthly variation of the occurrence of episodes of acute gouty arthritis, and (2) to investigate the relationship between the occurrence of episodes of acute gouty arthritis and meteorological parameters.
The present authors systematically reviewed databases for articles published before November 2015. Studies with quantitative data on episodes of acute gouty arthritis by months and/or seasons were included. Meteorological data such as the highest temperature, lowest temperature, diurnal temperature range, change in mean temperature between neighboring days, relative humidity and wind speed for the geographic place(s), and study period where and when each study took place were obtained from meteorological websites.
Ten studies published between 1920 and 2015 were included. A meta-analysis by season showed that acute gouty arthritis occurred significantly more frequently in spring than in other seasons. Analysis by month showed an increase in episodes of acute gouty arthritis from March to July, being the highest in July. The trend reversed, and episodes of acute gouty arthritis started decreasing from July to September, being the lowest in September. The change in mean temperature between neighboring days was the only meteorological parameter that was significantly correlated with the number of monthly episodes of acute gouty arthritis.
Acute gouty arthritis seems to develop more frequently during the period in which the temperature increases significantly between neighboring days: spring by season and between March and July by month in the northern hemisphere.
NewsBot, Jun 8, 2017
Rain increases joint pain? Google suggests otherwise
People’s activity levels – increasing as temperatures rise, to a point – are likelier than the weather itself to cause pain that motivates online searches, UW Medicine researcher says
Charts illustrate that hip- and knee-pain searches increased as temperatures rose. Photos by Thinkstock; data courtesy of Scott Telfer, UW Medicine
SEATTLE – Some people with achy joints and arthritis swear that weather influences their pain. New research, perhaps the deepest, data-based dive into this suggestion, finds that weather conditions in 45 U.S. cities are indeed associated with Google searches about joint pain.
As temperatures rose within the study’s focus span of 23 degrees to 86 degrees Fahrenheit, searches about knee and hip pain rose steadily, too. Knee-pain searches peaked at 73 degrees and were less frequent at higher temperatures. Hip-pain searches peaked at 83 degrees and then tailed off. Rain actually dampened search volumes for both.
The findings, published today in PLOS ONE, indicate that people’s activity level – increasing as temperatures rise, to a point – is likelier than the weather itself to cause pain that spurs online searches, say investigators from UW Medicine in Seattle and Harvard University.
“We were surprised by how consistent the results were throughout the range of temperatures in cities across the country,” said Scott Telfer, a UW Medicine researcher in orthopedics and sports medicine. He collaborated with Nick Obradovich, a postdoctoral fellow in science, technology and public policy at Harvard.
The researchers used Google Trends, a resource that reflects global use of the company’s search engine. They created search strings of words and phrases for hip pain, knee pain and arthritis, as well as a control search related to stomach pain.
From the 50 most populous U.S. cities, they sought daily summaries of local weather data from Jan. 1, 2011, to Dec. 31, 2015. The data included temperature, precipitation, relative humidity and barometric pressure – variables previously suggested as associated with increases in musculoskeletal pain. Five cities were dropped from the final results due to incomplete data.
Google Trends expresses data in weekly, not daily, increments, which slightly limited the findings’ precision vis-à-vis time. Temperatures and searches below 23 degrees were aggregated into one group, as were temperatures and searches above 86 degrees. Those two groups of combined temperatures correspond with somewhat less scientific confidence, Telfer acknowledged, but the trend of fewer searches, relative to both 23 and 86 degrees, was evident in each group.
Among the weather variables, only temperature and precipitation were found to have statistically significant associations, and only with searches for knee and hip pain. Searches about arthritis, which Telfer said was the study’s impetus, had no discernible correlation with weather factors.
“You hear people with arthritis say they can tell when the weather is changing,” he said. “But with past studies there’s only been vague associations, nothing very concrete, and our findings align with those.”
“We were surprised by how consistent the results were throughout the range of temperatures in cities across the country,” said Scott Telfer, a UW Medicine researcher in orthopedics and sports medicine.
The stomach-pain searches functioned well as a control: Those volumes were greater at low and high temperature extremes and ebbed in mild temperatures, a very different pattern from the knee- and hip-pain searches.
Because knee- and hip-pain searches increased as temperatures rose until it grew uncomfortably hot, and rainy days tended to slightly reduce search volumes for hip and knee pain, the researchers inferred that “changes in physical activity levels” were primarily responsible for those searches.
“We haven’t found any direct mechanism that links ambient temperature with pain. What we think is much more likely explanation is the fact that people are more active on nice days, so more prone to have overuse and acute injuries from that and to search online for relevant information. That’s our hypothesis for what we’ll explore next,” said Telfer, an acting assistant professor in orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
The interest in using internet data, he added, stems from the fact that web searches are increasingly people’s first response to experiencing adverse health symptoms.
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Palin to New Hampshire (again) in Labor Day schedule shuffle
CNN Associate Producer Rebecca Stewart
(CNN) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will celebrate Labor Day in the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire.
The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee will attend a Tea Party Express rally in Manchester on Monday, the same day former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was due to attend the event.
Romney cancelled his scheduled appearance Tuesday, opting instead to join the Tea Party Express national tour Sunday evening before Labor Day. The move made room in his schedule to attend a forum in South Carolina Monday at the invitation of Sen. Jim DeMint – -an invitation he initially declined.
But the tea party group isn’t losing sleep over his schedule shuffle.
“We are always thrilled to have Sarah Palin join one of our rallies,” Tea Party Express chairman Amy Kremer said in a statement released late Tuesday.
“She is an electrifying figure in conservative politics and a hero to the tea party movement.”
Palin has remained mum on whether she’ll jump into the 2012 race for the GOP presidential nomination, but steered her national bus tour to New Hampshire in early June. She attended a clambake in the influential state on the same day Romney formally announced his presidential bid there.
At the time, she called their joint presence in New Hampshire “coincidental.”
And two days before she speaks in New Hampshire, Palin is scheduled to visit Iowa, home of the first-in-the-nation caucus.
The tea party favorite has indicated the end of September is a “drop dead” timeline to make a final decision on whether she will seek the 2012 GOP nomination for president. But her appearances in both Iowa and New Hampshire are sure to stoke speculation about which way that decision will go.
CNN's Kevin Bohn, Peter Hamby, and Shannon Travis contributed to this report.
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August 31, 2011 05:38 pm at 5:38 pm |
Isn't it quite clear what the tea-party agenda is and what's their quest? Americans are becoming fed up with a non-official group of dissenters who believe that a black man has no place in the white house. We are quickly developing an apathy towards this group which is proving as the days go by that their agenda is rooted in racism.
Naming themselves as the 'Tea Party' they want to sound like revolutionaries, forgetting entirely why the Boston Tea Party was formed and what they had achieved in their day...The American Revolution. Tea party 'activists' however. need to be educated as to the fact that the Boston Tea Party fought for a 'worthy cause', not rooted in bigotry and racism.
It is no wonder their popularity is diminishing at such a rapid rate as a 21st century populace is avoiding embracing a group of antiquated bigots who seemingly don't realize that the X and Y generation are very much educated on the evils of RACISM. The Tea Party would do themselves proud if they start to call for apologies from states which sanctioned slavery and in so doing killed off millions of innocent people, just like the Brits did as they sought to expand their empire all around the globe.
Sarah Palin, in particular, looks more and more so idiotic as she refuses to heed the warning of sensible educated Americans to desist from attacking President Obama simply because he is not 'one of us' meaning he's not WHITE.
Gone are the days Sarah when African Americans and ALL other so-called minority groups are walked upon as trash. No wonder she couldn't even identify Africa on a map and didn't know if it was a country or an island.
All the Tea party is doing now is driving a wedge between republicans and republicans. As a result of this evil influence the Republican Party has lost it's brand and has become a divided entity.
Heed the warning: 'A Kingdom divided against itself cannot stand' (Bible). In the same train of reasoning 'A (Republican) party divided against itself cannot stand' and as is happening now, a Tea party divided against itself cannot stand'
Barbara Bush has joined the loud voices which continue to insist that Sarah Palin best bet is to return to Alaska, and in so doing, the most convenient route for her is via the Bridge to nowhere.
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Funny that she thinks Romney is still the front runner.
Palin for President
Palin is the only one who can CLEAN UP WASHINGTON and its wasteful spending. New CBO report on all the unbelievable waste in government. We are getting fleeced. Have you read it? And the first stimulous was a joke, at the last minute the Dems put in all their pet projects, very little went to stimulate the economy. They're crooks! Plain and Simple. Let's not forget how many cabinet members Obama selected who hadn't paid their taxes...and yet they want YOU to pay even more!! Sounds a little hypocritical to me.
Palin may not run, but she'll be in office soon enough in one capacity or another. If not a President Palin then Energy Secretary Palin would be appropriate. GO Sarah!!!! And keep up the good work of standing up for America and helping us get our great country back on track.
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You are here: Main » Kim Porter final pictures with family two weeks before death
Kim Porter final pictures with family two weeks before death
by Shaun Cooper - at November 16, 2018
TMZ reports, Kim had been treated with saline and vitamins days before she was found dead in her LA home.
During the almost thirteen years that Kim and Diddy dated, they welcomed three children including Christian, 20, and 11-year-old twins Jessie James and D'Lila Combs.
Sean "Diddy" Combs is reportedly devastated after learning that his ex-girlfriend Kim Porter and mom to three of his children, died after a battle with flu-like symptoms, said to be pneumonia.
Quincy held hands with his twin sisters Jessie James and D'Lila Star, both 11, while the family portrait was completed by Al B Sure and Diddy and Kim's other son Christian, 20. The pair stayed friends and continued to raise their children as co-parents.
Citing law enforcement sources, TMZ reports police received a call to Porter's Los Angeles home around noon and the 911 call reported "a patient in cardiac arrest". Kim was also the mother of a son, Quincy, from a previous relationship with singer Al B. Sure! When family couldn't wake her on Thursday the paramedics were called. The cause of death is now undetermined, however, in TMZ's initial report about the 47-year-old's death, she had recently been suffering from flu-like symptoms.
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Encore Episode: Non-Addictive Healthy Eating
Guest Info & Links: Chef AJ
Summary: Learn simple ways to reduce the processed foods in your diet and eat healthier overall.
Air Date: 11/22/18
Guest Bio: Chef AJ
Chef AJ has been devoted to a plant-based diet for almost 40 years. She is the host of the television series Healthy Living withCHEFAJ which airs on Foody TV.
With her comedy background, she has made appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman and more. A chef, culinary instructor and professional speaker, she is author of the popular book Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, which chronicles her journey from a junk-food vegan faced with a diagnosis of pre-cancerous polyps, to learning how to create foods that nourish and heal the body.
Based in Los Angeles, Chef AJ teaches a monthly sold-out seminar featuring cooking instruction, nutritional science and song parodies, all delivered with comedic panache. Never content to leave her audience with mere “just do it” advice, she teaches how to create meals to transform their health, how to deal with cravings and food addiction and addresses the emotional side of eating. She is the creator of the Ultimate Weight Loss Program, which has helped hundreds of people achieve the health and the body that they deserve.
Chef AJ was the Executive Pastry Chef at Santé Restaurant in Los Angeles where she was famous for her sugar, oil, salt and gluten free desserts which use the fruit, the whole fruit and nothing but the whole fruit.
Chef AJ is also creator of Healthy Taste of LA and the YouTube cooking show The Chef and the Dietitian, and is proud to say that her IQ is higher than her cholesterol. Chef AJ holds a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell University and is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
Book Title: Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight
Guest Website: Chef AJ
Guest Facebook Account: www.facebook.com/chef.AJ1
Guest Twitter Account: @therealchefaj
Processed foods are manufactured in a plant and come in packages.
Compare that to unprocessed foods, which come in their own packaging.
Processed foods are convenient, tasty and socially accepted. They’re also addictive. Upon eating too many processed foods, your reward center becomes overstimulated and cravings begin.
Food allows for a spectrum of addiction. It doesn’t work the same as drug addiction, where you are either on or off drugs.
If you're currently living off the drive-thru, start by fixing one meal a day at home. You can create your favorite foods in a healthier manner. You have to be willing to put in the work, because you probably won’t find the healthiest version of your favorite recipes on the shelves of your local supermarket. Pressure cookers are great for cooking food quickly but healthfully. Making food at home also saves money.
Convenience at the supermarket isn't limited to processed foods. Produce is available pre-washed and cut into easy-to-eat pieces.
Another must: don’t keep unhealthy foods in your house. Avoid temptation.
Dates are a fantastic sweetener. You can dehydrate them to make sugar, boil them to make syrup, or puree them into a paste. Dates contain vitamins and minerals that are missing from white sugar.
Roasting fruit brings out the sweetness. You can mix dried fruits with fresh fruit to vary the taste.
An Ideal Day
Breakfast: green smoothie with 1 tbsp. cocoa powder or musli (rolled oats, fresh fruit & almond milk refrigerated overnight).
Lunch: leftovers from last night’s dinner, like soup over rice.
Dinner: chili, potatoes, lasagna.
Restaurant Meals
Find out where you’re going in advance. Research the menu. Call the restaurant during off-peak hours to see if they can accommodate your dietary needs.
If there’s nothing on the menu you can eat, then eat before you go.
Champion the foods you’d like to eat. Most restaurants keep meals on the menu that people will eat.
Listen in as Chef AJ joins Dr. Pam Peeke to share how you can begin to conquer your dependence on processed foods and eat healthier overall.
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Extra Points: Rating the NFL coaching candidates - Football Wires - MiamiHerald.com
Canada escapes USA with one-goal victory, wins Pool A
Zachary Fucale made 24 stops, while Connor McDavid and Curtis Lazar netted power-play scores in the early portion of the third period, and Canada came away with a 3-2 victory over Team USA on Tuesday to win Group A.
The Canadians (3-0-1-0) ended up being saved by their shootout loss to the Czechs, as that loss beyond regulaton gave them an extra point that vaulted them over the defending champions. Taking a page from their American counterparts, eight different players recorded at least one point for the victors.
Nic Petan scored late in the second to erase a 1-0 deficit.
Riley Barber opened the scoring just shy of the 3 1/2-minute mark of the middle stanza, and Stefan Matteau tallied with 2:45 remaining.
But the swift Canadians, playing at a pace and with a skill that the Red, White and Blue had not seen thus far in the tournament, began to take control and eventually penalties which result from such speed on the rush and in transition came their way.
McDavid gave Canada the lead for good with 3:54 played in the third and Lazar provided the crucial insurance tally at 6:13.
Fucale got some help as an American chance with 9 1/2 minutes left trickled behind him, but did not cross the goal line. He then made a superb stop on a Connor Carrick breakaway with 5:20 to play.
Jon Gillies, who stopped 20 shots in defeat, was pulled for an extra attacker with roughly a minute to play, but his countrymen (3-1-0) couldn't push the contest to an extra session. The Americans finished with 21 goals in group play, tied for second-most among all nations.
The quarterfinal matchups are set, and they will kick off Thursday morning. Team USA faces Russia at 6 AM Eastern time, while Canada plays Switzerland five hours later.
Other quarters are Czech Republic vs. Finland and Slovakia vs. Sweden. In addition, Norway and Germany begin their best-of-three relegation round series.
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Labels: Flyers, NHL, World Juniors
MO Radio Show on Sports Live w/NFL Insider John McMullen 12/30 by Mo Radio Show | Sports Podcasts
Beyond Thunderdome, Pittsburgh and Boston deeply connected through the college ranks
Phanatic Hockey Editor
The attention, ire, and outrage of fans, broadcasters, writers and league leaders was directed towards TD Garden on the night of December 7 and in the days afterward.
On that Saturday evening, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins literally did battle in the first period of an eventual 3-2 B's victory. The undercard was a clean, hard hit from Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik on Bruins forward Loui Eriksson -- one which left the ex-Dallas Star concussed and out of action since -- along with a rolling knee to the head of Bruins forward Brad Marchand, who was laying on the ice unsuspecting of James Neal's impending circumvention of The Code.
The main event was Orpik's payment for his collision. In a scrum shortly after Marchand was gonged, Bruins forward Shawn Thornton skated behind Orpik, grabbed him by the shoulder, turned him around and punched him twice. The second blow bounced an unprepared Orpik's head off the ice, knocking him out momentarily.
Orpik, a bruising player who has tread the line and gone over it multiple times in his 11-year NHL career, was strapped to a stretcher, sent to the hospital, but later released that night without any other damage than a concussion which landed him on injured reserve. He missed three weeks before returning to action this past Friday in Carolina.
Neal, who had felt the sting of supplemental discipline before, was hit with a five-game suspension.
Thornton, on the other hand, was slammed with the biggest suspension the Department of Player Safety has handed out in the first half of the season -- 15 games. He has already lost a first appeal to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, and has one more shot to have his case heard in front of an independent arbitrator. If nothing is done, Thornton will be eligible to return on January 11 and is set to lose almost $85,000 in salary for his efforts.
Nobody could have envisioned this when ROOT Sports sat down with Boston College head coach Jerry York when the Penguins visited Boston for the first of two appearance this season on November 25.
Before the midway point of the 2013-14 season, the Penguins have featured at least 17 different players with major Division I college hockey experience. Craig Adams (Harvard), Joe Vitale (Northeastern), Beau Bennett (Denver), Chris Kunitz (Ferris State), Paul Martin (Minnesota), Matt Niskanen (Minnesota-Duluth), backup goalie Jeff Zatkoff (Miami of Ohio) and recent call-ups Harry Zolnierczyk (Brown), Andrew Ebbett (Michigan), Zach Sill (Maine) and Chris Conner (Michigan Tech) have featured for the Metropolitan Division leaders. In addition, free-agent goalie Eric Hartzell, who backstopped runner-up Quinnipiac in last year's Frozen Four, signed with the organization.
But there's a crop of six...that's right, six players either on the NHL roster or in the system who have been part of the Millennial dynasty on Chestnut Hill. What's more unlikely, is that three players were teammates on one particular BC team -- its 2000-01 championship squad that was the first in a string of four NCAA crowns this century.
Orpik, two-time Stanley Cup champion defenseman Rob Scuderi and offseason signee forward Chuck Kobasew were integral parts of York's first national title at his alma mater, in a year where BC swept through every title and tournament laid out on the schedule. It culminated in a final push where the Eagles beat the three programs which halted their hopes in the previous years: Maine ('99), Michigan ('98) and North Dakota '00). Following that season, Orpik (a junior) and Kobasew (freshman) departed for the pros while Scuderi graduated and began his rise in the organization.
Orpik has been with the organization ever since stepping on ice in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton the following October, while Scuderi, a 2009 Cup winner in the Steel City, returned this Summer armed with a lucrative free-agent deal and a Cup won with Los Angeles in 2012. Kobasew, the pride of Osoyoos, British Columbia, played for the Flames, Bruins, Wild and Avalanche in varying roles before landing in the city of three rivers.
The Three Amigos were joined at various times by forward Brian Gibbons and blueliners Brian Dumoulin and Philip Samuelsson.
Gibbons, 25, went undrafted despite helping BC claim titles in 2008 and 2010. Dumoulin is also a two-time winner (2010, '12) taken in the second round by the Carolina Hurricanes four years ago but dealt to the Penguins in the Jordan Staal bonanza, while Samuelsson was a frosh on the 2010 squad, one year after the Pens plucked the Son of Ulf with the 61st overall selection.
“It’s crazy how many players from there are here, especially that I played with,” Samuelsson said to his parent team's site last season. “They must like the Eagles. I think they do (laughs). Coach (Jerry) York has done a great job producing high-end players. I don’t know what the connection is exactly, but I love it.”
One connection is that Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma is a Michigan native and a product of the American college system, having plied his trade at Bowling Green State under -- one guess -- Jerry York from 1988 to 1992. That also accounts for both schools participating in this weekend's Three Rivers Classic, along with newbie Penn State and host Robert Morris.
Another is team GM Ray Shero, taking his father's advice and choosing education over a rough transient life in the sport, spent four years at St. Lawrence where he served as captain and averaged around a point-per-game. What's more, Shero assistant Tom Fitzgerald's son plays on the current BC team, while ex-Pens Bill Guerin, Ian Moran, Joe Mullen, Kevin Stevens and Doug Brown spent time in Maroon and Gold.
“Coming into a new organization, you’re obviously nervous,” Gibbons said. “You want to make a good impression. I think it helps when you know a few of the guys before you come in. I came in with Phil Samuelsson, so that helped. We kind of went through things together and leaned on each other, so that definitely helps.”
What also might help is the bond of shared memories, like this year's Eagles team, ranked seventh in the latest USCHO poll, who topped Penn State in the Three Rivers Classic finale Saturday night by an 8-2 score after taking out Bylsma's Bowling Green on Friday night in a dominating 5-0 victory.
"All of those moments create memories,” Dumoulin said a couple weeks back. “Fortunately I was able to win most of them. That creates a lifetime memory. It’s something I’ll share with my class and teammates forever. Playing in those big tournaments helped us as a team come together.”
Fitzgerald clocked in with a season high three points on a goal and two assists in the rout, while undrafted junior Destry Straight picked up a hat trick. Pittsburgh native Travis Jeke added an assist in the title game, bringing his two-game total in front of the home crowd to a score and two helpers.
The Penguins and Bruins have already completed their three-game regular-season slate, and may only play each other in the second or third round of the playoffs if both clubs remain atop their respective divisions. BC does not return to Pittsburgh and Robert Morris most likely won't be on the Eagles' full dance card in the next few seasons. Yet, Shero's wisdom, York's guidance and some luck from the hockey gods will likely conspire to keep the BC-Penguins bond intact.
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Labels: Boston College, college hockey, Penguins
Stolarz gets the shutout as USA rips Germany; Canada awaits
Team USA heads into its New Year's Eve matchup with Canada on a roll, having dispatched Germany on Sunday morning by an 8-0 count.
Vince Hinostroza led the parade with two goals and two assists, Matt Grzelcyk netted a goal and two assists, and twelve other players managed to record one point for the 3-0 Americans, who are the highest scoring nation thus far in the tournament with 19 goals.
Anthony Stolarz, pride of the London Knights and Jackson, NJ, made his first start in the Worlds count with a 15-save shutout.
Any hopes of Germany staying in the contest were blown apart in a four-goal second-period burst by the defending champions.
Will Butcher tallied at 2:21 for a 3-0 edge, then Hinostroza picked up his first of the game 66 seconds later for a four-goal spread.
Riley Barber and Grzelcyk also lit the lamp before the period was through, scoring in a 2:11 span to make it 6-0.
BC's Steve Santini and Hinostroza produced red lights in the final 20 minutes.
Patrick Klein and Kevin Reich combined to stop 45 of 53 shots in the rout.
Group A play concludes two days from now against a Canadian team (1-0-1-0) which should be sufficiently humbled by its 5-4 shootout loss to upstart Czech Republic on Saturday.
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USA doubles up Slovakia in Canada tuneup
Team USA showed no signs of slowing down in their Saturday morning conquest of Slovakia.
Twelve different players scored at least one point, and six different skaters hit the back of the net as the Americans won their final contest before a showdown with Canada, 6-3.
Matt Grzelcyk, Jack Eichel, Ryan Hartman, Nic Kerdiles, Andrew Copp and Will Butcher each posted two points for the defending champs, who received 27 saves from Jon Gillies.
It wasn't as easy as the final indicated.
Slovakia cut into Team USA's 3-0 lead with goals 1:53 apart late in the second period by Milan Kolena and Martin Reway, but the Americans didn't gain equilibrium until the middle stages of the third period.
Grzelcyk scored at 9:33 to give them a two-goal cushion, then Stefan Matteau and Riley Barber pumped home two more against Richard Sabol in a 2:19 spread in the late stages to finally put their foes to rest.
Reway capped the scoring with 2:08 left in regulation. Sabol ended up with 41 saves in defeat.
The Americans peppered Sabol throughout the opening period, but didn't break through until late, when Eichel opened the scoring at 16:53 and Dan O'Regan beat the buzzer by one second.
Hartman pushed the edge to 3-0 with 4:22 elapsed in the second period.
The schedule-makers give the 2-0 Americans one more game in preparation for the New Year's Eve clash against the rival Canadians -- playing Germany tomorrow.
McCoy, Peters earn Pro Bowl selections
The NFL's Pro Bowl selections are in the process of being released, but it's already known that a pair of Philadelphia Eagles will be represented.
Running back LeSean McCoy and tackle Jason Peters have earned a spot in the league's All-Star contest, Sunday, January 26 in Honolulu, which pits all chosen players against each other in a fantasy-style draft as opposed to NFC-AFC as in all years previously.
With one game remaining in the regular season, McCoy can set the Eagles' all-time single-season rushing yardage record and lock up the NFL rushing title. The Pitt product currently has 1,476 yards, needing only 37 more to eclipse Wilbert Montgomery's mark of 1,512 which has stood since 1979.
Peters picks up his sixth Pro Bowl nod, and fourth since coming to Philly -- more than any other offensive lineman in franchise annals.
"If I’m playing well, the guys besides me are playing well, as a team we’re going to play well," said Peters when he learned of his selection.“This one's special because I had two surgeries and people thought I wasn’t going to be able to play football again."
Other Birds who could have earned a berth but did not receive consideration were quarterback Nick Foles, wideout DeSean Jackson, linebacker DeMeco Ryans and offensive lineman Jason Kelce.
Labels: Eagles, NFL
Around the Rink: Everything you always wanted to know about the Flyers on the Holiday Road, but were afraid to ask
Rick MacLeish in action and Haaaarold Snepsts in repose
Later tomorrow evening, the Flyers will hit the ice at Rexall Place against Edmonton to start a six-game holiday road trip which will take the team into calendar year 2014.
It's the first time in three years that the Orange and Black will have a prolonged road swing which takes them into the Pacific Time Zone, and believe it or not, will mark the first time since 1998 turned to 1999 that the three Western Canadian clubs -- the Oilers, Flames and Canucks -- will be featured on a single sojourn between Christmas and New Year's.
Despite the fact that the Kings began play in 1967 and the Canucks in 1970, the original Western road swing as most fans know it began in 1972, when Fred Shero guided his pre-Cup champion team on a trip which included Vancouver, California and Los Angeles in the midst of a six-game run. Those three teams were included in the 1974-75 schedule (Jan. 1-5), but the long road trip which included west coast clubs in both the US and Canada that bridged both years in a given season didn't return until the Flames relocated from Atlanta to Alberta, setting up a potential doubleheader.
The 1980-81 season kicked off a succession of holiday trips over the next two decades where Flyers teams would have some combination of Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and LA included. The NHL brain trust first hit the quinella from December 28, 1984-January 3, 1985, giving Mike Keenan's first Philadelphia squad a crack at, in order, the Canucks, Kings, Oilers and Flames. On that trip, the Flyers finished 3-1-0, losing only in Calgary in the second of back-to-back.
It happened again the next season, another 3-1 clip with the two Alberta games interrupted by an odd three-day break after B2B in Vancouver and Calgary -- another set of scheduled anomalies which made these road trips a bit more difficult to navigate.
Two years later, the Canadian portion of the holiday trip brought a screeching halt to a 14-game unbeaten streak which pulled the Flyers from the depths of the Patrick Division to the top of the heap. Coming into a December 30 game at Northlands Coliseum, the Flyers were 12-0-2 and looking to erase the memory of losing Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals seven months later. The reality was a blistering 6-0 defeat, and the next night, New Year's Eve in Calgary, was a 5-4 loss where the visitors lost on a power-play goal by Gary Suter with eight seconds left before overtime.
As the new decade of the 90s dawned, the Alberta double was interrupted by games in Vancouver and LA, an even rarer quirk of scheduling in the middle of a seven-game trip which happened to be the start of a then-franchise-record 10-game winless streak that defined a season which began a five-year run out of the playoffs.
With the dawning of the newest era of expansion, a second team in California arose in San Jose, and the Sharks were featured in holiday trips during both 1991 and 1992 before not showing up until back-to-back Silicon Valley placements in 1996 and '97. Philly managed to win all but the first meeting, in typical fashion for the era when even expansion teams were scoring points on home ice against the once-feared opponent.
Western Canada came back around as a feature in 1997-98 with another rare Canadian run of Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa to kick off a seven-game trip and in the final Prairie Run mentioned above, was part of a 15-game unbeaten string which sent Roger Neilson's club to the top of the Eastern Conference standings right after Bob Clarke played Indian giver with Chris Gratton and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
More recent seasons which contained the same long-distance road games this time of year tended to include Colorado, and all three California-based franchises. The Granddaddy of all Road Trips occurred in 2005-06, an 11-game suicide course which only managed to escape the Eastern Time Zone for a single matchup with Chicago.
Beaten like an Alberta Liberal...
In the 33 seasons since the Oilers and Flames have occupied the same Canadian province, only one Flyers team -- the 1996-97 club which rolled to 17 games without a loss (14-0-3) in December and January -- has ever completed the Alberta sweep, whether the games were scheduled consecutively or simply included on the same trip. The full results are as follows:
12/27/80 at Calgary (L 1-2)
12/28/80 at Edmonton (W 2-1)
12/28/81 at Calgary (W 7-4)
12/30/81 at Edmonton (L 5-7; Wayne Gretzky scores five goals to reach 50 in 39 games)
1/2/85 at Edmonton (W 5-2)
1/3/85 at Calgary (L 3-4)
12/31/85 at Edmonton (L 3-4; Gretzky nets a hat trick as Oilers erase 2-0 first-period deficit)
12/30/87 at Edmonton (L 0-6)
1/2/90 at Calgary (T 4-4)
1/3/93 at Edmonton (T 2-2)
12/29/98 at Calgary (W 4-3 OT; Eric Lindros left game with concussion, Valeri Zelepukin with OT winner)
Since then, additional expansion, constant tinkering with the master schedule which included de-emphasis on inter-conference matchups, multiple lockouts and the inclusion of the Flyers into multiple Winter Classics has deprived school kids, late-night workers and holiday revelers alike of their "staying up as late as possible to catch a glimpse of hockey in the wee hours."
The most successful road trip which included the two major end-of-year celebrations had little to do with Canadian teams.
Under Bob McCammon in 1982-83, the Cooperall-clad club went 6-for-6 to kick off what was eventually a 10-game win streak which vaulted the Flyers past the three-time defending champion New York Islanders to the penthouse of the Patrick. They toppled New Jersey, Washington, Detroit, Calgary, St. Louis and Chicago in succession, prompting future Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler to quip "I never won six games in a row in my life" after the run was completed.
Other successful road trips have gone as follows:
1996-97: 4-0-2 (Chicago, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, San Jose, Colorado)
1998-99: 4-0-2 (Boston, Chicago, San Jose, Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton)
1979-80: 4-1-1 (Hartford, Winnipeg, Colorado, NY Rangers, Buffalo, Minnesota)
1984-85: 4-2-0 (Washington, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Edmonton, Calgary, St. Louis)
1992-93: 2-1-2 (Washington, San Jose, Los Angeles, Calgary, Edmonton)
Breaking out the hats and hooters..
When the Flyers arrive in Calgary on the last day of 2013, it will be their first New Year's Eve game at the Saddledome since their only other one there, the aforementioned last-second loss to the eventual Smythe Division winners in 1987.
Despite playing on December 31 just twice in their first 17 years, a burst of 11 such games followed in the next 17 seasons, all but three of those in one of the three aforementioned Western Canadian locales.
Between 1995 and 2001, the Flyers were scheduled to play in Vancouver five times, with the visitors winning four times and tying once.
The first game, on 12/31/85, saw #99 fuel a comeback with one of his zillion hat tricks. Catch Pastor Bob Froese basically give him one of the goals in the second period. Edmonton's victory snapped a nine-game winless streak (0-8-1) against the Flyers which stretched back to 1982 and was yet another sign post of the emerging dynasty.
In 1988 and 1990, the road trip took weird turns to the North and the Orange and Black split a pair in Buffalo, winning in the former and losing in the latter.
The Flyers and Bruins played one of their two seasonal neutral-site games in, of all places, Minneapolis in 1993, with the "visiting" Philadelphians getting behind 3-0 and then mounting an unbelievable comeback in the final 25-plus minutes of regulation on goals from Lindros, Mikael Renberg, Rod Brind'Amour and Mark Recchi.
Two years later, the string of games with the Canucks commenced with the first contest inside what was the new GM Place. Philly blew leads of 3-1 and 5-2 before Vancouver pulled out a late (but exciting for them) tie.
In 1997, we recall the infamous brawl-filled 8-0 blowout against the Mark Messier-captained Orca-clad Canucks, and the following season, it was a 6-2 victory which was a glimpse of life to come without the concussed Big E. Simon Gagne won the final NYE in British Columbia with a goal in the final seconds in 2001, and that was the last time the schedule makers provided a Canadian New Year until this season.
The Washington Capitals took a 4-3 decision in DC in 2005, thus far the only time the Flyers have seen a Dec. 31 game end in a shootout, and three years ago, Anaheim welcomed our team back to the West Coast with a 5-2 defeat.
Overall, the Flyers carry an 8-5-2-1 record on the 365th day of the calendar year and look to improve upon that in Calgary four days from now.
Labels: Flyers, NHL
USA tops Czech Republic in WJC opener
The defending champion United States opened up their 2014 World Junior Championship slate with a solid 5-1 victory over the Czech Republic on Thursday in Malmo.
It was locked up by the 2:02 mark of the opening period, when Riley Barber and Will Butcher beat Daniel Dolejs with the first two shots of the contest -- both coming on power plays.
Hudson Fasching, Jacob Slavin and Vince Hinostroza also lit the lamp for the Americans, while Jon Gillies made his WJC debut by making 23 saves.
In all, 13 players recorded at least one point in the contest.
Michal Plutnar picked up the lone score for the Czechs, and Dolejs stopped 28 shots in the setback.
Fashing converted an Andrew Copp rebound just prior to the midway point of regulation, and USA led 4-0 at the second intermission thanks to a Slavin rebound try inside of three minutes left.
Hinostroza's backhander on a breakaway accounted for the final margin with 2:11 remaining in the contest.
Team USA squares off with Slovakia on Saturday morning.
Earlier in the day, Russia slammed Norway by an 11-0 count, while Anthony Mantha's hat trick fueled Canada's 7-2 rout of Germany.
Tales of a Second-Grade Something
On the morning of Friday, May 15, 1987, some time in between homeroom and first period, I stood in the hallway of Waldron Academy with one of my former second-grade teachers, eagerly awaiting the spoils of a winning bet.
The take was only a dime (because Catholic grade schools frown on wagering, wink wink), but the thrill wasn't just in the transaction: it was the pleasure of not only having seen the Philadelphia Flyers win and gain a spot in the Stanley Cup Finals the night before, but it was a triumph of the Patrick Division over the Adams Division, of good over evil and most importantly, managed to shut up a die-hard Hartford Whalers fan while providing two die-hard Flyers fans with thousand-watt soul glow.
Sole loser of this monumental wager was my primary second-grade teacher from the previous year, a Connecticut native and overall tough cookie, Ms. McGeehin. She taught by the maxim of raising up with one hand and knocking upside with the other, never one to let the kids under her control get out of hand, but quick with praise when warranted.
She also provided me with my first glimpse of the hockey world outside the insular kingdom of Philadelphia.
It's been highlighted in multiple posts here, at Flyers Faithful and on social media over the years, that my introduction to the game occurred during the transformative 1984-85 season. That was first grade. I'm sure Sister Patricia had no idea how to deal with a 6-7 year old whose moods changed with the seasons along with the next day's box score, and I don't know if any of that experience was shared in the teacher's lounge in preparation for the next school year, but something must have stuck by the time second grade rolled around. Maybe it was taking notice of as much devastation as a second-grader could show at the loss of Pelle Lindbergh just two months in, and probably the pure whimsy of a mandatory Pollyanna gift I gave a classmate that was simply a re-print of the Inquirer's NHL stat leaders on the morning before the last day of classes.
Whatever, it finally stuck that I was, like, totally into hockey.
So, when we came back from Christmas break more than two weeks later, imagine my surprise when I was presented with two gifts: a Goal magazine (not unlike the one depicted above) and Whalers logo pin.
I wore the pin proudly on my school-issued blazer -- but on the opposite side of my other hockey-related Christmas gift, a Flyers logo pin -- should anyone question my allegiance. The magazine is what opened my eyes to the hockey world beyond the issues of why Dave Brown is so quiet off the ice but so fierce on it. Sure, Flyer Magazine was ahead of its time in production values and information compared to other in-house entities, but the only non-Flyers news or advertisements contained within, were a half-page explaining referee's body signals for penalties and the color half-page for the 21 NHL team logos.
"Goal" was devoted to the rest of the league. I learned that the other teams weren't just cannon fodder for the unstoppable orange and black force under Mike Keenan. There were feature stories about Hartford players who talked about their approach to playing, which was a total contrast to how they pretty much failed to show up in Flyers games. I learned about the culture shock of the then-relatively-new influx of European players like Ulf Samuelsson, in a more literate, engaging and permanent format than Bobby Taylor attempting to lob softball questions in simple English at a shy and reticent Ilkka Sinisalo during intermissions.
I received another Goal after the Easter break was through, though this one, I think, had a Washington Capitals player featured prominently on the cover, fighting through a Whalers check in front of the net. The end result of that gift was my staring at it blankly during the long Spring which followed the Flyers' shocking defeat to the hands of the fourth-place Rangers in the first round of the 1986 playoffs.
Despite nurturing a child's interest in a sport which had a greater resonance in her native territory than in his own, it wasn't all heart-warming bonding moments between teacher and student. At the same time the Ron Sutters of the world were planning what to do with four extra weeks of unplanned rest, the Whalers were announcing their arrival after seven years in the NHL by knocking off first-place Quebec and then taking the Montreal Canadiens to overtime of a Game 7. I can recall her reaction as more elated than heartbroken, because her favorite team finally won a playoff series and put a scare into the eventual Stanley Cup champions.
Being a young, naive and idealistic kid with a short memory, I thought I could bank on that good will when the time came.
When the Wales Conference Finals arrived the next season, I was shocked that she flat-out refused to cheer for her "hometown" team. Even after the Canadiens derailed the Whalers' run the year before, she remained rooted in her principles, and using the logic of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," was confident enough in her choice to make not one, but two separate wagers on Montreal to win that pivotal Game 6 at the Forum. I'm sure that Hartford winning the Adams Division and then being dumped by the fourth-place Nordiques in the first round had something to do with it, and I could sympathize, but other than that it was a shock not to receive support in my hour of need.
As we all know, destiny was on the side of good, and the Flyers rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win, 4-3, and make a return trip to the Stanley Cup Finals. Me and Miss Nicolella (surely a very happy Mrs. with a great house and multiple kids and a great life at the moment) were completely in cahoots and "rich" the next morning.
The Flyers pin and Whalers pin are gone. So are the Goal mags, and so are the Whalers themselves. The dime wagers have ballooned to 20-dollar handshake agreements with people in Rhode Island. And the dozen or so Flyer publications had to be chucked to ease clutter in moves throughout my life. Thanks a lot, eBay, why couldn't you exist in 1996? Waldron appears...smaller...every time I go back to visit, but I can still remember which homerooms were which. All I have to do is go through the lunchroom, hang a left at the foyer and it's the third door on the left if I want to peer back into 1985.
I only saw Ms. McGeehin one other time since leaving Waldron after fourth grade, and, without foreknowledge of where that love of hockey could lead, never got to properly thank her. I hope this will do, along with the knowledge that I've turned that childhood obsession into something of a career.
I also hope she's not trying to root against the Carolina Hurricanes -- unless she decided to settle in Philadelphia and finally adopt our team -- though I know she's gotta be one of the thousands who wish the Whale would be allowed to come back home.
Here's further proof that the gift of hockey, once bestowed, can be eternal when placed in the right hands.
Last year at Christmas, I wrote that parents and siblings shouldn't deprive kids of the joy of the game no matter how they viewed the greed of millionaire players and billionaire owners during the last lockout.
This year, a call for hockey-loving adults to pass on the wonder to a youngster who's not from your city. Give the gift of another team's history. They might grow up wanting to travel to the towns that stoke the fires of the sport like Johnstown and Kingston, or try find the backwaters like Macon and Mobile, heeding advice to gain as much experience and knowledge you can before thinking you're ready for the big time.
I'd advise against bets, though. And sour grapes.
Labels: Flyers, Herpen, Hockey, NHL
Union finalize transfer of Farfan
Chester, Pa.– The Philadelphia Union confirmed that midfielder Michael Farfan has been permanently transferred to Mexico’s Cruz Azul of Liga MX.
The deal is subject to finalization of agreement with Cruz Azul.
“Michael has been an important member for our club both on and off the field over the past three years,” said Team Manager John Hackworth. “We thank him for his contributions to the Union and wish him the best of luck as he continues his career in Mexico.”
Farfan was drafted by the Union with the 23rd overall selection of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. In three years with the club, he made 82 MLS appearances and notched four goals and nine assists.
Gustafsson out with sprained left knee
The strange twists and turns on the injury front keep on coming for the Flyers in the first half of the season.
On Sunday, the club announced that defenseman Erik Gustafsson will be out up to two weeks with a left knee sprain.
The fourth-year pro apparently suffered the injury during the deciding third-period surge by Columbus in the Jackets' 6-3 win on Saturday night.
Look for more Hal Gill, or perhaps more Oliver Lauridsen in Gus' absence as the Orange and Black prepare to embark on a six-game holiday road swing. Gill returned from a 20-game banishment after Nick Grossman was a late scratch due to the flu.
Blue Jackets lose Gaborik, win Saturday against Flyers
Columbus, OH -- Even after blowing a three-goal lead on Thursday and then losing the services of Marian Gaborik after the first period, the Blue Jackets persevered.
David Savard, Boone Jenner, Ryan Johansen and R.J. Umberger picked up third-period goals to help Columbus claim a 6-3 victory over the Flyers in the back end of a home-and-home set Saturday night at Nationwide Arena.
Corey Tropp and Nikita Nikitin each recorded a pair of assists for the hosts, who responded well after surrendering five goals in the final period in a 5-4 loss in Philadelphia in the opener two days ago.
Curtis McElhinney was strong in the crease with 33 saves.
"It was a gutsy win for a lot of reasons," Columbus head coach Todd Richards remarked. "Curtis played very well. He responded, as well."
Wayne Simmonds tallied twice and Sean Couturier once for the Flyers, who have a home game on Monday against Minnesota before embarking on a six-game holiday road trip.
"I don't think we were flat," Flyers head coach Craig Berube said. "We made mistakes on their goals that will be easy to correct. They didn't have to happen."
Ray Emery was shelled for five scores on 28 shots in defeat.
Savard lofted a shot over traffic and past Emery for a 3-2 Blue Jackets lead with 3:36 played in the third, and the hosts went up by two a short time later.
McElhinney was on his back in the crease, but still managed to get enough of a Vincent Lecavalier chance to keep it from crossing the goal line. The puck went the other way on an Artem Anisimov rush, and his pass to Savard found Nikitin at the point for a successful shot inside the right post tipped there by Jenner.
Johansen's rising shot from the right circle off a 2-on-1 break made it 5-2 for Columbus with 7:38 to play.
In a surprise move, Emery was pulled as the clock ticked down to three minutes remaining, and Simmonds finally capitalized for the visitors with 1:41 to go.
Umberger tapped a shot into the empty net 24 seconds later to seal it.
Columbus picked up the game's first goal with 9:17 left in the first. Emery turned away a contested Gaborik shot from the left wing, then Nick Foligno took the rebound, curled around the net and fed Johansen for a shot under the crossbar.
Gaborik, who was hit up high by Philly's Zac Rinaldo just prior to the score, left the game and did not return. He was later diagnosed with a broken collarbone and is out indefinitely and the club announced his placement on injured reserve after the contest.
It was a two-goal lead for the hosts just 10 seconds into a power play created after Mark Streit was sent off for hooking, as James Wisniewski cranked one home from the right point for an Umberger redirection with 5:31 remaining in the second period.
Brandon Dubinsky rocketed a short-handed chance off the crossbar and far post at the tail end of a Flyers power play, and on the next rush up ice, Simmonds managed to slide a shot through McElhinney with 2:20 left.
Couturier batted in a cross-ice pass from Matt Read only 20 seconds later to tie the score.
Notes: Columbus improved to 3-2-2 against Philly on home ice ... Gaborik and Wisniewski made their returns to the lineup after both were activated from injured reserve late Friday ... Jackets forward Matt Calvert left the game at the end of the second and did not return due to an upper-body injury ... Simmonds posted his eighth career two-goal effort, while Umberger recorded his 24th career multi-goal contest ... Prior to the contest, the Flyers announced that forward Steve Downie will miss the next 7-to-10 days, but Vincent Lecavalier returned after a nine-game absence ... Defenseman Nick Grossman was a late Philly scratch due to the flu, and Hall Gill appeared for the first time since Nov. 7.
Downie on the shelf 7-10 days, Lecavalier returns
For the second time since his acquisition from the Colorado Avalanche, Steve Downie will be out of the lineup for a while.
Flyers GM Paul Holmgren revealed on Saturday afternoon that Downie is expected to miss the next 7-to-10 days with an unspecified upper-body injury.
If you recall, Downie was on the sidelines for 11 days after absorbing a punch to the face in a November 1 fight in the third period of a 7-0 home loss to the Washington Capitals.
He has proved his worth in a third-line pairing along with Sean Couturier and Matt Read since then, totaling two goals and 10 assists in 20 games since his arrival on Oct. 31.
Good news tonight to cap the second part of a home-and-home series with the Columbus Blue Jackets is that Vincent Lecavalier will return to the lineup after missing only nine games.
Lecavalier, who has been on injured reserve, was diagnosed with a non-displaced back fracture after participating in a game at Nashville on November 30 and was expected to miss at least 3-to-4 weeks.
But the healing waters of the organization's medical staff worked their magic once again, and the man who only slipped into a second-place tie for total goals with nine, will skate again.
Video: Tom Wilson will not be punished for Schenn hit
The NHL's Department of Player Safety has reviewed the tape from Tuesday's Flyers-Capitals game and there will be no supplemental discipline handed out to Caps forward Tom Wilson for his charge against Brayden Schenn.
Brendan Shanahan explains why:
Capitals GM George McPhee -- who adamantly defended Wilson -- released a statement after the ruling was handed down: “We agree with the league’s position that it was a clean hit. There should not have been a penalty on the play. It was a punishing hit, not predatory or otherwise illegal. Under our current rules, punishing but clean hits are permitted. We are happy that Tom Wilson was vindicated and Brayden Schenn is not injured.”
The decision runs counter-intuitively to the way previous suspensions have been doled out by Shanahan, namely a hit did not have to have been penalized to draw supplemental discipline.
In this case, a three-minute long breakdown and explanation was not necessary to explain either side. Played in real time and seen in real time, Wilson approached Schenn with ill intent and appeared to injure him on a hit that was rewarded with a major and game misconduct. It calls for supplemental discipline reviewed at any speed.
What mystifies even more is that Schenn is back in the lineup tonight as the Flyers start a home-and-home against the Columbus Blue Jackets. If the tweeted report from the Courier Post is true, that a concussion diagnosis would have led to a two-game suspension at minimum, the club itself caused part of this furor by not disregarding Schenn's own prognosis and providing concussion testing anyway.
Bank on the fact that Schenn will leave the game after taking a hit that doesn't seem as harmless as the one he received from Wilson -- and that will trigger the symptoms that apparently remained hidden in Tuesday's post-game.
Outrage has begun to spread beyond the bounds of the Delaware Valley, as this brief missive came from Buffalo News Sabres beat man Mike Harrington: "Everyone loving Shanahan's transparency. Golf claps to him. Do it for all of the hits, not just ones on NBC games."
Point/Counterpoint: CD-R as top line
Welcome to another spirited and irregular edition of Point/Counterpoint, a resurrected series first found over on Flyers Faithful and now transplanted to the Phanatic.
This time around, Bob and Nick spar over the question of whether the Couturier-Read-Downie line should be given top billing over the struggling first line and how that determination should be made.
Nick: The line of Sean Couturier, Steve Downie, and Matt Read has been downright excellent in the last month and they deserve to be promoted to at least second-line minutes. First of all, let’s look at some "real-time stats" as NHL.com calls them. Between the three of them, they have 51 takeaways and 176 shots and 17 goals, while giving the puck away just 30 times total. Their average time on ice at even strength per game? All of them are playing under 14:25 per game.
Since the Downie acquisition on Halloween, the three have combined for 35 points (14G, 21A) in 18 games. That’s 18 percent of the team’s goals. If you take away the lone short-handed goal scored by Couturier, that’s 13 goals, which means these players are responsible for roughly 28% of the team’s 46 goals scored at even strength. If we take it a step futher, and look at 5-on-5 goals, they’ve scored 10 of the team’s 45 goals, or 22%. All while skating just 13.3 minutes per game at 5-on-5. That’s a pretty big deal, wouldn’t you say?
Bob: Of course it is. But why would you want a bottom-six pairing, which is used to 45 second shifts every third change, logging more minutes in any situation?
Sure, without all the fancy stats, you can see that this new line, darling of the masses, has been key to the Flyers pulling themselves out of their first-month funk. Still, third lines by their very nature are built to do fairly specific things: provide a checking antidote to the opposition's first line, kill penalties, and provide an energetic spark when needed. If you try and stretch that any further, you risk physical breakdown and the mental mistakes which accompany that. And unlike the top two lines, which are supposedly built to give scoring punch, third-liners don't have that automatic snap-back if they're on for a goal against.
In an old-school sense, you can't make a soldier into a general very easily, so attempting to stretch those three guys beyond their assigned roles in their assigned minutes can invite disaster. The Flyers' margin of error this season has been pretty slim, and this is not the way to tip the scales.
Nick: This line’s production is even more interesting when you take into consideration where the play begins most of the time for them.
Adam Hall starts more often in the defensive zone than any Flyer forward at 51.5% of his even strength ice-time. He also averages just 6.0 minutes a game at even strength. Sean Couturier and Matt Read are the next closest forwards at 36.5% and 35.9% respectively and they see 13.8 minutes per game at even strength. Steve Downie starts in the defensive zone 27.3% of the time during his 13.3 minutes of even strength play per game, but he also starts just 25.2% of even strength plays in the offensive zone, while Sean Couturier starts 25.7% of the time in the offensive zone, and Matt Read is slightly higher at 27.4%. To put all of that in perspective, Claude Giroux starts 31.2% of his even strength play in the defensive zone, Jake Voracek clocks in at 27.8%, and Scott Hartnell is currently at 28.2%. Their offensive zone start percentage? 37.5%, 38.5%, and 40.5% respectively. They have comprised the team’s top-line for much of the season, but have much less ice to travel from the faceoff on most occasions.
What all of this means is that the Couturier, Downie, Read line starts more of their even strength plays in the defensive zone than any other line not counting the fourth line. It’s important to note though, that this line plays considerably more minutes at even strength as a unit than the fourth line. It’s pretty impressive that they’ve been able to generate as much offense as they have over their last 18 games considering they’ve had to travel the length of the ice more often than any of the other lines that see regular ice time in even strength situations.
Bob: Amazing that the above pretty much proves my point. Conditioning of a typical NHL player aside, you don't want to put added pressure to produce offense and wear out a line which, by necessity, starts inside its own defensive zone more often than it does in the offensive zone.
You constantly hear about coaches wanting players to work two ways and in all three zones, but that does tend to get tiring if time is collectively consumed having to work an extra 100 feet, and given more time per shift and more shifts, means that's collectively more than 1000 feet per game traversed in order to be both offensively proficient and defensively sound.
The best way to maximize the third line's effectiveness if given more ice time and given more scoring responsibility, is to work the line changes to their advantage, i.e. start CD-R only after the puck is frozen inside the offensive zone or somewhere else on their side of center ice.
Nick: What about how this line is used? This trio usually gets deployed against the top line of the opposing team. Courtesy of ExtraSkater.com, Sean Couturier and Matt Read both see 27.1% of their ice-time at 5-on-5, and Steve Downie is seeing 26.9% of his ice-time against the toughest forward competition of the other team. Those are the highest percentages of any forwards on the team. In terms of the top competition of the other team, including both the best forwards and defensemen, Braydon Coburn is at the top of the list for the Flyers at 29.6%.
The next three names? You guessed it: Matt Read (29.5%), Steve Downie (29.4%), and Sean Couturier (29.4%), right in a row. So this line sees the toughest competition, with the most ice to travel to create offense, and scores 28% of the team’s goals at even strength. If they faced lesser competition occasionally, and started in the offensive zone more frequently, maybe they’d be able to generate even more offense. Doesn’t it make sense to reward them with top-six minutes as a unit?
Bob: Nick, you ignorant slut.
As soon as Craig Berube makes the decision to bump the third line up to greater status and responsibility, they're not going to be matched as intently to cancel out the opposition's best line. That can only mean better things going forward for all three guys, who are more likely to skate against counterparts who wish to use speed and skill rather than dump-and-chase, bump-and-grind in the corners.
In that sense, you're going to have a better chance for impact than the historical Sutter-Sutter-Tocchet, Klatt-Otto-Podein, Kapanen-Radivojevic-Somik lines. But what made them so special is that they were given a set role, certain times to execute that role, and did so to the best of their abilities to provide supplemental scoring. The thought of any of these four lines being above the Kerr-Propp-Poulin, Legion of Doom, Blackhawk Down or Ginger Lines is unconscienable.
Whatever struggles are happening on this year's #1 pairing, they must be worked through in the natural course of the season, and the third line needs to play within itself for maximum effectiveness.
Labels: Flyers, Herpen, NHL
CBS Philly: St. Joseph's Prep football voted Team of Year
Courtesy of CBS Philly and Joe Santoliquito
Philadelphia, PA (CBS)—All season long the thought was the same: Get to Hershey and win the state championship. All season long there were obstacles, some placed there on purpose, and others were there inadvertently.
All year long, St. Joseph’s Prep stayed the course. There were pratfalls, like the 42-0 spanking the Hawks took their second game against national power Don Bosco Prep, and the 27-14 stumble against a good Archbishop Ryan team (which beat two state champions and didn’t make the Catholic League playoffs). But in the end, the goal everyone envisioned came to fruition—and then some.
No one thought The Prep would be able to beat state juggernaut—and undefeated—Pittsburgh Central Catholic in the PIAA Class AAAA (large school) state championship. No one, that is, with the exception of the Hawks and their coaching staff. Then The Prep went out and devoured the Vikings, 35-10.
To get there, Prep quite easily stopped Parkland, another team it was also not supposed to beat, 21-10. Then the Hawks ripped through a very good Neshaminy team, 37-21, in the state semifinals. The Hawks finished 12-3—capturing the first state title in school history, and in doing so, they are the 2013 Team of the Year.
Archbishop Wood and Imhotep Charter had amazing seasons. Wood won the Class AAA state title for the second time in three years, becoming the first District 12 team in history to win multiple state championships, and Imhotep became the first Philadelphia Public League team to reach the state championship.
But the grand design that Hawks’ coach Gabe Infante put into motion four years ago couldn’t have had a better finish than this year. Infante challenged them. He made sure nothing came easy. And when he ran out of tests, he conjured up some more, always working, cajoling to get the utmost from his young team.
Each time, they responded. Each time, they were able to navigate over the rocky terrain their coach placed in front of them.
It got the Hawks their first state championship.
“This was a special team; it was special in how we all came together as a group and we developed leaders,” said Hawks’ unflappable senior quarterback Chris Martin, who wound up becoming a force this year. “We had young guys across the board that stepped into key roles and it was how everyone bought into the process coach Infante always talks about.
“Coach always says those games in the beginning of the year are a gift to us because we learn. We saw what the young guys could do against Dallas Jesuit and we saw how to deal with adversity in losing to Don Bosco Prep. The Bosco loss helped us grow and helped the leaders on the team begin to emerge. That was a tough loss, but without learning from that, I don’t think that we would be here as state champions.”
The season was marked by the emergence of freshman tailback D’Andre Swift, who scored a touchdown in the state championship, and junior Jon Daniel Runyan, who blossomed into a beast, playing both ways in the state title game with three tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble.
The Michigan-bound junior is going to have an interesting dilemma on his hands, as to whether he’ll play offensive tackle for the Wolverines, like his father, former Eagle All-Pro Jon Runyan, or defensive line.
Add the play of senior linebacker Ryan McNulty, junior defensive end Jake Strain, junior defensive back Tom Johnson and sophomore defensive back Shawn Harris and the Hawks were suffocating in the title game.
What’s more is expect Prep, a program it has to be noted that was long dormant before Gil Brooks resurrected it and set it on its path early this decade, to be back as the state’s preseason No. 1 again in 2014. The Hawks have arguably the best player in the state returning in junior defensive back John Reid, along with Runyan, Strain, Swift, Harris, Johnson and talented junior tailback Olamide Zaccheaus all returning.
Losing Martin will be a gaping void to fill, as will McNulty’s departure, but it was a young group that took a major step into a realm it appears St. Joe’s Prep will be maintaining for a while.
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Schenn OK because he says so, Wilson faces hearing
The Philadelphia Flyers are not treating Brayden Schenn with kid gloves.
That's because Schenn declared himself near 100 percent after absorbing a hit that would leave many dazed and confused. Paul Holmgren stated on Wednesday afternoon that he was not subject to concussion protocol in the wake of the collision, whose video is below.
"I feel I got really lucky," Schenn said. "I don't think I have ever gone head-first into the boards without even getting my arms up or anything like that. I don't remember much of the play. All I remember was how hard the top of my head actually hit the board. And I don't remember trying to get up or anything bad. But the good thing is I don't have a headache or any symptoms today, so that's a positive sign."
Never mind that the onset of concussion symptoms can manifest as late as 72 hours after contact, the Flyers are an old-school organization with old-school thinking, and if one of their players deems himself fit enough, who is anyone with a degree or expertise to interfere?
With 4:43 remaining in the second period of an eventual 5-2 Flyers win against Washington on Tuesday night, Caps forward Tom Wilson issued an illegal check to the back of Schenn, sending Schenn crashing to the boards and out of the contest.
Schenn was later told to have an "upper-body injury" which may result in a concussion, and his status for Thursday night's home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets seems to no longer be in doubt.
The National Hockey League's office of Player Safety has been notified of the incident and Wilson will face a hearing (not in person) tomorrow afternoon.
Wilson, the 16th overall selection in the 2012 draft, made his pro debut in three playoff games last season. He has posted one goal and four points in 34 games this year.
If supplemental discipline is necessary, look for the 19-year-old Toronto native to be hit with a penalty near the low end of the spectrum as a first-time offender.
Last night, I called for something in the 3-to-5 game range, dependent upon Schenn's condition and prognosis.
Flyers take advantage of bad situation, down Caps to end home-and-home series
Thanks to RMNB
Matt Read's even-strength tally kicked off a run of three straight goals to end the second period and four unanswered overall, leading the Flyers to a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals to earn a split in the final game of the home-and-home set Tuesday night.
"That was one of the funnest periods of the year," said Read, who chalked up his team-leading 10th goal. "The guys talked about not letting that (coughing up Sunday's 4-1 lead) happen again. We were amped up."
Mark Streit and Jakub Voracek also lit the lamp on a key five-minute power play in the middle frame, with Wayne Simmonds adding a goal and Kimmo Timonen chipping in a pair of assists.
Steve Mason did his part, making 24 saves as the Orange and Black came away with three points in this two-game set against a club ahead of them in the Metropolitan Division.
Alex Ovechkin and Eric Fehr provided offense for the Capitals, who were caught flat in Philadelphia's four-goal second act.
Braden Holtby, who posted a 7-0 shutout and received a beating here on Nov. 1 in the teams' first meeting, was shelled for all five scores on 35 shots.
Even tied at 2-2, things looked to be going in Washington's favor until Tom Wilson unleashed a vicious check on a vulnerable Brayden Schenn along the end boards behind Mason with 4:43 remaining in the second. You could make a case for the young man turning his back to the hit, but Wilson was banished with a major for charging and a game misconduct once the post-hit scrum was cleared and the league will certainly review the play.
"On that play, there wasn't much respect. I saw the hit and the replay. He came from a pretty far way away and at top speed. Everything happens fast, but when you see a guy in a vulnerable position, you have to let up a little," said Flyers defenseman Luke Schenn. "When it's your brother it's pretty hard. I was rattled. Helpless is exactly the way I felt."
The Flyers went in for the kill, picking up a pair of goals to take a 4-2 edge to intermission.
First, it was Streit, who tested the patience of the faithful by playing catch at the point with Claude Giroux until cranking a hard, arcing shot from the right point through a screen and off the far pipe to give the Flyers the lead with 2:56 showing.
Then, Voracek snuck into space between the circles, took a back pass from Timonen and slid a seeing-eye shot past Holtby for a two-goal margin at 18:16. It did little to dampen the spirits of the Capitals' braintrust.
"I thought it was a clean hit. I watched it live. I don't think it's a penalty at all. It's a game-changing call…they call it the way they think they see it. I'm also mad they didn't get an instigator after that," said Washington head coach Adam Oates.
His GM, George McPhee, took things one step further, saying that it was "a great hit."
These teams don't see each other until March 2 down in DC.
Schenn was later deemed out for the contest with the ambiguous "upper-body injury," while Flyers head coach Berube later revealed he saw the young forward before he was taken away for evaluation and said he looked OK.
Simmonds then made it 5-2 with 7:29 elapsed in the third period, bringing Holtby to his rear end in the crease before stuffing home a shot from the right post. One shift earlier, the Caps netminder stopped chances in front from Michael Raffl and Giroux, both of whom could have hit the net if not for hesitation to shoot.
At the outset, both teams adopted a conservative approach, no doubt unwilling to engage in the kinds of momentum swings which defined Sunday's 5-4 Capitals shootout win which saw the hosts score first, get down 4-1 in the third period then rally to force overtime.
The deliberate pace called to mind the grinding nature of old-school Patrick Division hockey between these franchises, where space was precious and fought for in all three zones.
Scott Hartnell had the best Flyers chance of a 10-shot opening period, sprung by a Luke Schenn pass through a seam up the middle on a breakaway -- but his shot was muted by the time it got to Holtby.
Mason was only tested twice as the Caps flung nine shots on net, his best save a long pad stop on Mike Green followed by a Nicklas Backstrom rebound in front.
That lack of action might have contributed to his misplay of a loose puck atop his crease during a Washington carry-over power play, with Ovechkin taking advantage on a backhander from a sharp angle on the left side with 40 seconds elapsed in the second period. The Russian captain posted his 399th career score, and if he hits 400 in the next game, he'll surpass countryman Pavel Bure for sixth-fastest all time.
It was tied 58 seconds later, when Voracek took a Braydon Coburn feed in the neutral zone and pumped a shot home from the right circle off a 2-on-1 rush.
"I even surprised myself," quipped the ginger Czech, referencing his normal desire to pass in those situations.
The Capitals went back on top just after the 5 1/2 minute mark. Troy Brouwer chased a Martin Erat dump-in along the right-wing side untouched, and Fehr jumped into a seam on that side of the ice, took a pass from the rushing forward and beat Mason top corner to the far side.
Read pulled the hosts even with 8:54 on the second-period clock, as the puck found him during a goalmouth scramble to the left of Holtby for a successful low shot. Steve Downie did much of the work, tying up his Caps defender to allow his linemate a chance.
Notes: The Sunday-Tuesday set was the first home-and-home series between the Flyers and Capitals since Mar. 7-8, 1985, which the Flyers swept (9-6 and 4-2) en route to the division title ... Tuesday's victory meant Philly hasn't lost a home-and-home to Washington since Mar. 25-27, 1982 (4-3 loss and 4-4 tie) ... Voracek posted his second multi-goal effort of the season and first since netting a pair at Ottawa on Nov. 12 ... Mason has surrendered three goals or fewer in three of his last four appearances since giving up four each in losses to Dallas and Ottawa on Dec. 7-9 ... Capitals forward Mikhail Grabovski missed his second straight game with the flu which caused him to be a late scratch on Sunday ... The Capitals recalled forward Casey Wellman from Hershey of the AHL ... Chris VandeVelde, signed to a one-year deal earlier in the week, recorded his first point as a Flyer with a secondary assist on Streit's power-play marker ... The hosts have won seven in a row on home ice since a Nov. 9 victory over Edmonton.
Ghost and the selfishness of need
Look out, because I'm the latest to take off and leap onto the Ghost Train. Except I'm hanging on long enough to reach the lead car looking for the hand brake.
The ground swell to pump up Union College junior defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere as an elite college player, crossed with the Philadelphia Flyers' desperate need for a blueliner with puck-moving skills, is threatening to get silly.
Simply put, when a player commits to a Division I program, the expectation is that he is prepared to fulfill the terms of that scholarship and play all four seasons, barring unforeseen circumstances. I firmly believe any NHL team which holds a college player's rights has no reason to expect that player to leave the program early, and should hold no power to coerce a player to leave under the guise of molding that player to the club's philosophy. I also believe that, once a player commits to a program, he or she shouldn't bail for greener pastures in the middle of his first season or any season for that matter unless it's a can't-miss proposition for reaching the NHL within a year.
Therefore, whatever you might think of Gostisbehere's abilities at the moment viewed through the prism of the glowing praise he's received recently, he still presumably has a season-and-a-half remaining in Schenectady before he may be subject to the unique scrutiny of the Philadelphia Flyers front office and the laser-like perception of its fan base.
From April of 2009:
“We are pleased to have James in the fold and look forward to monitoring his development more closely,” said Flyers GM Paul Holmgren upon announcing James van Riemsdyk was signed to an entry-level deal. “It was a difficult decision for James to leave school, but we both believed that it was in his best interest to do so. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the University of New Hampshire, and in particular, Coach Dick Umile and his staff for not only their understanding but their dedicated work with James over the last two seasons.”
(Ed note: italics used for emphasis mine)
Reading closely, it doesn't paint the organization as either patient or willing to accept that the Division I college game can be treated in the same way Canadian juniors is, regarding prospect development. The presumption appears that an NHL club can exert more influence and monitor a draftee better in Kitchener or Regina rather than say, Durham or Denver. But it's the Flyers, who have been late to the D-I party and are just catching up, so take it with a grain of salt.
UNH is an offensively-oriented program under Umile. It has been as long as he's been head coach. That's been a necessity ever since the Wildcats moved into the Whittemore Center -- an Olympic-sized rink (200x100) whose dimensions favor teams which can skate and transition well, rather than ones which can bump and grind in the corners on a regulation-size (200x85) sheet. That is in direct contradiction with the spirit of the Orange and Black and what the current regime demands of its skaters.
JVR put up 34 points in 31 games during his freshman campaign, then posted 40 points in 36 games in his sophomore course before the Flyers pushed for advancement, sending out mild complaints at how Umile handled his development. He spent all of seven games in the AHL with the Phantoms before being deemed ready for prime time at the ripe old age of 20. Changes were demanded of the Jersey native's game, from a skater and passer to one who makes his living at the edge of the crease -- something which he was ill suited in Philadelphia but found a balance in Toronto.
In that case Holmgren certainly felt more pressure to present the second-overall selection in the 2007 draft as NHL ready than feeling any particular displeasure with the college game, but the emerging situation with Gostisbehere -- only a third-round pick -- is in danger of going down the same path.
With 16 points (6G, 10A) in 18 games thus far for the Dutchmen, it's not hard to believe, if that pace is maintained, that Holmgren will push for the Florida native to leave the comfort of upstate New York for the professional ranks. Game by game, the glaring gaps in speed, skill, positioning and savvy from the expensive veterans grow, and the apparent solution is only five hours away by car. It's also just 45 miles from Glens Falls to Schenectady, so how hard could it be to coax the young man to the Phantoms?
The future is always now, or at minimum, four months from now. For those who are wondering "when will then be now?" Soon. We can only hope it's not too soon.
Leaving a college program early is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get. For every Charlie Coyle and Alex Chiasson, there's a Stephane Da Costa and J.T. Brown. Holmgren is not a gambling man on this level, but he certainly feels the strong pull of need due to a defense which is simultaneously too old and well paid for their performance and young but unproven.
Anthony Stolarz left Nebraska-Omaha with the Flyers' "blessing," for the London Knights, but what if Ghost decides to stick around and haunt Achilles Rink for his senior season? Will the sweet turn to sour?
Complicating matters further is the following excerpt from a mid-November interview from Penn State's Daily Collegian featuring Ken Schott, who covers Union hockey for the Daily Gazette:
"I would say he is one of the best players in the country. Gostisbehere certainly is the best defenseman in the country. He carries the puck with confidence. He isn't overhandling the puck as he had the past two years, which led to turnovers. And, for the most part, he has stayed away from taking the bad penalty ... I think Gostisbehere could make the jump to at least the AHL next season, if he chooses to forego his senior season. He does need the bulk up a little."
The up-sell here is obvious. Nonetheless, the future of the Flyers defense is precarious and important enough, and Gostisbehere enough of a treasured commodity, that the investment should be allowed to fully mature.
That means Holmgren will have to sit on his hands and bite his tongue as Union furthers his development as a player and person. It also means Gostisbehere will have to put up a strong front if any attempts at coercion are made. Keeping Gostisbehere anchored as the top d-man for the Dutchmen for his senior season can only further ensure the predictions can come true.
Abstract terms like "belong" and "deserve" have nothing to do with anything concrete, particularly if you're going to pin future hopes and dreams for a revamped back line on a single player. But if the praise is coming from all the right places, of course the Flyers will shelve the doubt and bank on the up side. That's the kind of thinking that has enraptured Ed Snider and entangled Holmgren in several messes during his Philly tenure. No reason for Gostisbehere to be caught in that web just yet.
Still, the college game is about the player and the person, not immediate prospects for NHL impact. The Flyers' front office must come to terms with that difference. Holmgren must realize that it's not about his team right now or next year. It's about Gostisbehere, and his opportunity to complete his commitment to his team and being given the chance to earn accolades without the noise of expectation.
The 20-year-old's next appearance in Philadelphia should be this April, but as the Dutchmen's best player in the Frozen Four and not as a member of the organization.
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St. Joseph's Prep knocks off Pittsburgh Central Catholic, wins Class 4A football title
On Sunday night in Hershey, PA, St. Joseph's Prep completed a miracle run to the Pennsylvania football championship, striking several blows in favor of football from the region East of the Susquehanna River in the process.
The Hawks became the bellwether of the Philadelphia Catholic League in its fight to gain acceptance in the PIAA. They knocked off rival La Salle -- who steamrolled Prep four years ago en route to their own Class 4A championship, then took out 2001 champions and perennial powerhouses Neshaminy immediately after conquering 2002 titlist Parkland.
Saving the best for last, the Jesuit institution nestled in the heart of the Western portion of North Philadelphia knocked off previously unbeaten Pittsburgh Central Catholic, which was seeking its first state crown since 2007 as the top-ranked school in the Commonwealth.
It was a masterful performance, with 28 straight points in the second half against the top-ranked defense in PA, after being down 10-7 at intermission. Their 21 fourth-quarter points set a record for the Quad A title game, which had been 19 for Central Bucks West back in 1991.
Read the recap from the Inquirer, then get the scoop plus video highlights, from the Post-Gazette.
According to several sites dialed into the high school game, the Prep endured the toughest schedule of any school, and passing through the gauntlet provided the greatest reward.
It marks the apex of a program which began its ascent towards relevance beyond the Delaware Valley with the 1997 Catholic League championship under Gil Brooks and culminated 90 miles West 16 years later with Gabe Infante at the helm.
The victory was so unexpected and monumental, that the school called its own number (218) and will not hold classes on Monday. Plans to officially celebrate the championship will be made shortly.
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Flyers suffer late collapse in loss at Washington
Washington, DC -- Making history is not the way you want to go down in the opener of a key division home-and-home series.
But it happened on Sunday afternoon.
Nicklas Backstrom picked up the shootout winner, capping a rally from a three-goal, third-period deficit which sent Washington past Philadelphia, 5-4, in a Sunday contest from Verizon Center.
Each team had registered a score when Backstrom beat Steve Mason with a forceful forehander to begin the third and final round. Sean Couturier was denied by Philipp Grubauer and the hosts gained the valuable extra point.
“It was unbelievable. Thanks to the guys…it was a good win, a good comeback," said Grubauer, who has begun to carve out a spot in the NHL after splitting last year between the ECHL champion Reading Royals and Hershey in the AHL. "We have a great offense. We can score, so every time you need a goal, it seems like we can put the puck in the net, which is good for us.”
Only once before since the Eric Lindros era had the Flyers led by as many as three goals midway through regulation and failed to pick up two points. On December 26, 1992, the Orange and Black blew a 4-0 lead, fell behind 5-4 and rallied to tie on Lindros' penalty-shot in the final seconds.
Still, this one hurt and it was the first time in franchise history that Philly was up by three scores with less than 10 minutes remaining in the third period at Washington and didn't at least tie.
“I’m not sure that we relaxed. I thought that we were in our end too much there at the end instead of making some plays and getting down in their end a little bit and killing time and getting some offensive chances,” said Flyers head coach Craig Berube, who lost his first crack at Washington in a 7-0 embarrassment on Nov. 1.
Mike Green, Dmitry Orlov and Alex Ovechkin tallied in a span of 7:52 late in regulation to wipe out a 4-1 margin for the Capitals, who have won four of five.
Grubauer stopped 24 shots for Sunday's victors, who moved to 12-3-0 this season when scoring first and who also specialize in late-game comebacks.
The unexpected setback overshadowed the performance of Michael Raffl as he posted a career-best three assists for the Flyers, who host the Caps on Tuesday having dropped five of their last seven. Couturier, Claude Giroux, Mark Streit and Jakub Voracek also lit the lamp, while Mason made 29 saves.
The Capitals produced the game's first goal on their second power play, when Ovechkin elected to pass rather than blast away from his usual spot in the left circle and the pass was tipped in by Marcus Johansson at 11:17.
Giroux evened the score inside of a minute left in the first, taking Raffl's pass and one-timing it home from the right circle.
Raffl picked up an errant Washington pass in the neutral zone and fed Streit for a successful shot off the rush from the left wing at 7:37 of the second to put Philly ahead.
Couturier victimized Grubauer on a shot from a severe angle to the left of the Caps' net, giving the visitors a 3-1 edge at 2:18 of the third period. It was a three-goal spread 74 seconds later when Voracek redirected a Raffl blast from atop the crease.
The Caps awoke from their slumber to force overtime.
Green got one back for the hosts with 8:40 remaining on a rising shot from the right point, then Orlov's floater from the point after a left-circle faceoff win brought the Caps within one as 3:31 showed on the clock.
“He’s playing with confidence…He’s good, maybe he’s going to be in future Olympics,” Ovechkin said of his compatriot.
Washington skated 6-on-5 when Ovechkin's low, blistering drive from below the circles zipped by Mason with 47.9 seconds to go.
The luck continued to go the Capitals' way. On the first shootout try, Eric Fehr shot and Mason appeared to make the save, but the puck trickled inches over the goal line before being swept out. Giroux scored in the second round to keep Philly alive.
Notes: Ovechkin passed Mike Gartner (397) for second on the Capitals' all-time goal-scoring list. Peter Bondra (472) ranks first ... Washington improved to 8-3 in shootouts and leads the NHL with 10 wins beyond regulation, while Philadelphia fell to 1-3 in the game-deciding breakaway competition ... Streit's tally gave him 300 career points ... Prior to the contest, the Caps recalled forward Michael Latta from Hershey of the AHL -- since Mikhail Grabovski was a late scratch with the flu -- and assigned defenseman Nate Schmidt to Hershey.
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Union select MF Bone in MLS Re-Entry Draft
Chester, Pa. – The Philadelphia Union selected midfielder Corben Bone in Stage 1 of the Major League Soccer Re-Entry Draft.
Bone, 25, was selected by Chicago Fire with the 13th overall pick in the 2010 MLS Super Draft. At Wake Forest, the midfielder was named First Team All-American by the NSCAA in both 2008 & 2009. During his time as a Demon Deacon, he recorded 38 assists, which ranks second in school history. In 2008, he led the nation in assists with 17 on the year, setting a single-season record for Wake Forest. Bone was also a member of PDL side Carolina Dynamo in 2009.
"We like what Corben can offer to our team going forward,” said Team Manager John Hackworth. “Our staff believes he has a lot of potential to contribute and we are happy to have the opportunity to add him to our squad as we continue to look to improve our roster this offseason."
In four seasons with Chicago Fire, the Texas native has appeared in 18 MLS games. In 2012, Bone scored two goals for Chicago in matches outside of MLS Play. He tallied the first goal in a 3-2 overtime loss to Michigan Bucks in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup before notching the equalizing goal in a 2-2 draw during a friendly against Mexican side Santos Laguna.
Player: Corben Bone
Date of Birth: Sept. 16, 1988
Hometown: Plano, Texas
Last Club: Chicago Fire
How Acquired: Selected in the first round of the MLS Re-Entry Draft
Schenn fined for Wednesday slash
It didn't get kicked all the way up to Brendan Shanahan's video review, but Brayden Schenn will be paying a penalty for slashing Chicago's Kris Versteeg.
NHL's Department of Player Safety ruled on Friday that Schenn will forfeit $2,230.77 -- the maximum allowed under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement -- for treating Versteeg like a mighty redwood in Wednesday's 7-2 loss to the Blackhawks.
No penalty was assessed on the incident.
Flyers go the distance to reward one military family
As they have done throughout the years during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Philadelphia Flyers honor returning veterans at each regular-season and playoff home game.
During Thursday's 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens, the club went above and beyond to make sure one family received a holiday blessing.
The club surprised the Windish Family of Wilmington, DE, with a homecoming of their son who is serving in the United States Army at tonight's game. The Flyers, along with Private First Class Matthew Windish, arranged to surprise his family during the second period of tonight's game.
Having no idea their son had actually already returned from the service, the Windish Family believed the Flyers were honoring their son in a video tribute. Windish emerged from a giant, gift-wrapped box and surprised his family during the game. Windish is in his second year of service in the Army, serving a year-long tour of duty in the Republic of Korea as a Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic.
Here's video of the moment:
Below is a transcript of post-game interviews, from the Flyers:
Matt Windish, Army Private 1st Class
Windish family- big surprise here tonight. Mom, what was your initial reaction?
Mom: I was surprised. First I thought he was coming home, but then I didn’t think he was going to. I just thought it was going to be a video, but when they opened up that box and I saw his face… we have missed him so much this past year. It was an awesome surprise.
Matt, what was your reaction to this whole thing? Did you have a hand in planning it?
Matt: My brother did the whole thing for me. I just think that this is insanely awesome. I want to thank the Flyers- I want to thank everyone so much, my family, anyone for serving right now. This is awesome. I just wish that everyone that serves gets the opportunity to do this.
Dad, how great of a memory will this be? Watching your hometown Flyers play, and now getting this surprise from your son.
Dad: This is just awesome because I am a big Flyers fan. Every night I get a chance I like to watch them. Being out here by the ice, and seeing my son for the first time in a year is unbelievable. It is an awesome situation. I want to thank my sons for putting this together. This is the best Christmas present that I have ever had in my life.
Brother, where did you get the idea for this whole plan?
Chris: I’ve watched YouTube videos of people coming home, so I thought I would email the Flyers website saying, “I think you should bring my brother home.” Jason called me back. You should have seen me in my office. I was flipping out, people wondered what I was doing. I called my brother and told him what we were doing. We brought him home a week early, and had to hide him for a week. It was the hardest secret to keep even though they were badgering me about it. It is just an awesome feeling. Thank you Flyers, thank you Matt for serving, and thank you family for being here. We made it.
In terms of a Christmas gift, how great of a gift is this for you?
Matt: This is probably one of the best things in the whole entire world. This is insanely awesome. I just wish that everyone could get to experience this. I feel very grateful right now.
How did you feel when they started chanting USA out there?
Matt: It was amazing. My heart started beating so fast I really had no clue what was going on. I went blank for a little bit.
Were you ever worried they weren’t going to open the box?
Matt: No, I wasn’t worried about that.
Do you two usually play jokes like this on your parents?
Matt: A little bit, but nothing ever this big.
How did you manage to hide him for a whole week?
Chris: We went up to York, PA where I went to college. I have some friends up there that held him hostage for a little bit, then he came home.
Matt: I just hung out with a few friends, tried to keep it low, stayed off of Facebook.
Mom: It was a great surprise because when Chris first told us about this I went on to his friends Facebook profiles just to see if anybody said anything like, “Matt’s home”- anything to get an inkling about it, but there was nothing. Everybody kept it a really good surprise.
Aunt: I knew he was home though, I felt that he was home.
Did you just have a hunch?
Aunt: We all felt it. I just knew he was coming home. I missed him, and I love him so much. It’s a great feeling
Dad: We told her, “Stop it. He’s not coming home and you’re going to get your hopes up. We just have to wait for the 20th when he is supposed to come home.” Here it is, he’s home. I don’t know what to say. Its unbelievable. Nothing has ever happened to me in my life, like this. It is just fantastic.
You’re staying with them [family], is his room ready?
Mom: No, its not. I said, “Do I need to get his room ready?” Chris said no, so his room is not ready.
Chris: I am glad to have this guy home, its been a year and a half.
Matt: I am happy to see my family, this is crazy.
Phillies to bring in Hernandez
On the last day of the Winter Meetings, the Philadelphia Phillies picked up a veteran presence to fill out their starting rotation, dealing for Roberto Hernandez.
The contract is only for one year, a source reported to the Inquirer on Thursday, and is contingent upon his passing a physical.
"It's more of a depth guy," Phillies GM Ruben Amaro said. "This is not someone who is going to slide into the top of the rotation. He's in the bottom of the rotation. But we need some depth. Again, we're trying to get the best bang for our buck. In this marketplace, it's tough because the prices have soared pretty significantly."
Formerly known as Fausto Carmona, Hernandez finished 6-13 with a 4.89 ERA in 151 innings over 32 appearances (24 starts) during his lone season with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2013.
Since breaking into the majors under an assumed name during the 2006 season with Cleveland, the 25-year-old native of the Dominican Republic holds a lifetime mark of 59-82 with a 4.17 ERA in 216 career appearances.
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Blackhawks use second-period blitz to rout Flyers
Chicago, IL -- There are ways to lose to the best team in the NHL at the end of a long road trip which zipped between time zones, but Wednesday's path wasn't the most optimal, by a long shot.
Goals by Duncan Keith and Andrew Shaw 39 seconds apart in the opening 1:22 of the second period erased a strong first 20 minutes, and a five-goal outburst in the middle frame stoked the Chicago Blackhawks to a resounding 7-2 victory over the Flyers at United Center.
Michal Handzus, Kris Versteeg and Jonathan Toews also produced red lights in the deciding period for the Blackhawks, who were coming off a 6-2 win at Dallas on Tuesday and have won three in a row after dropping three straight.
Antti Raanta picked up the win with 28 saves, as Chicago boosted its NHL-best point total to 51 and its league-high goal total to 129.
"I don't think it's something we ever talk about, it's just that silent, quiet confidence knowing that we have the ability to score goals and generate offense," Keith said of the team's prolific scoring pace.
Thirteen different host players recorded at least one point, with Sharp posting three points and Marian Hossa chipping in three helpers.
Jakub Voracek and Steve Downie tallied for the Flyers, who finished 2-4-0 on their six-game road trip.
In his return to Chicago, Ray Emery was shelled for six goals on 18 shots in just over two periods of work to take the loss. Steve Mason made four stops in the third.
The top line of Claude Giroux, Voracek and Scott Hartnell finished a dismal minus-9, not what you wanted to see for a team which fell to 2-6-1 without the services of Vincent Lecavalier.
"It looked at times like they were playing against kids out there," said Hartnell in the understatement of the season so far.
In four of the last five games in the road swing, the Flyers gave up multiple goals in tight time spans, and the only time it didn't hurt them was in a 6-3 victory at Detroit one week ago.
The barrage began when Patrick Sharp fed Keith for a successful left-point blast in the middle portion of Chicago's initial power play at the 43-second mark.
Shaw put the 'Hawks ahead to stay 39 seconds later, fooling Andrej Meszaros behind the Flyers' net and scoring on a wraparound at the right post.
Handzus finished off a 2-on-1 short-handed break with a shot from the left side of the crease which tipped off his skate and stick to make it 3-1 Chicago at 5:27.
Philly got it back while up a man 44 seconds later, with Downie being credited on the final push in a goalmouth scramble, only to see Versteeg convert a Brandon Saad pass on the doorstep just after the next advantage expired and give the hosts a 4-2 edge just prior to the midway point.
Emery did the splits facing the crease to stop Toews in close minutes later, but couldn't stop a screamer from Sharp that caromed off Toews atop the crease for a 5-2 game at 14:15.
"You can't make excuses," Emery said. "As a whole, we have to play better in the second."
Brent Seabrook managed to snap his stick in half on a right-point drive, which still knuckled its way past Emery for a 6-2 Blackhawks' edge at 1:05 of the third.
Raanta kept up his end of the bargain despite some shoddy play, as he casually gloved down a Brayden Schenn short-handed breakaway, then Michael Raffl failed on his chance alone on the Chicago netminder on the following shift.
Sharp's shot from the left post seconds into a Blackhawks two-man edge boosted the hosts to a 7-2 lead and the hosts took their collective foot off the gas.
Things were much different for Philadelphia early on. Voracek's low shot from the left circle zipped home inside the far post in the early stages of a power play with 7:29 remaining in the first period.
After a second advantage fell by the wayside, Raanta stood firm in his crease to stop a Downie breakaway, but the visitors led by one after 20 minutes and enjoyed a 10-6 shot margin.
Notes: Tuesday's five-goal margin marked the Blackhawks' largest in a win over Philadelphia at home since a similar 7-2 result on Feb. 11, 1973 at Chicago Stadium ... Chicago hadn't scored at least six goals in three straight games since doing so from Jan. 21-24, 1993 -- all 6-2 wins (vs. Washington, Hartford and Vancouver) ... The Blackhawks halted a three-game regular-season losing streak to the Flyers, since a 5-1 decision in Chicago on Dec. 26, 2008 ... Philadelphia fell to 17-28-19 all-time in Chicago, but 7-4-1 since October of 1993 ... The Blackhawks entered play ranked 28th on the penalty kill (74.7 percent) and gave up two goals on five chances.
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Ravens Roost #4 goes to the Ravens Super Bowl Victory Parade…And is in the Newspaper, Again
Post by: Scott Habicht
The Baltimore Sun loves Ravens Roost #4, and the day of the Ravens Super Bowl Victory parade was no different.
The air was freezing and the streets were packed, but spirits were high at the Baltimore Ravens Victory Parade Tuesday in Baltimore, and fans from Howard County are calling it the experience of a lifetime.
“It was unbelievable, to see the fans of Baltimore come out and show their support like that,” said Mitch Hooper, of Columbia, and a member of Ravens Roost #4 in Ellicott City. “It was a moving experience. It’s hard to explain.”
Theresa Griffin, a member of Ravens Roost #4, said seeing so many young people at the rally and parade was the best part of the festivities.
“I’m going to be 50, and to watch the younger generation experience this, to know what we have carried, that was my favorite part,” she said. “Now the younger generation can carry this team on.”
Hooper went to the celebration when the Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2001, and while “that was fun,” this year was truly “once in a lifetime,” he said.
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As for my day at the event, check out the photo gallery.
As Theresa and Bill shared, the Ravens won the Super Bowl. That means it is parade time in Baltimore.
I arrived early for the parade and made sure to document my parking meter payment in case there were issues.
It took about 20 minutes to walk from the far side of Federal Hill to the stadium.
Not too many people were arriving at that time.
A quick picture out front before heading inside.
The stadium was slowing filling, and seeing they were letting people out on the field…
I decided to head to the field for the event.
There was a great jovial spirit on the field amongst fans.
John Harbaugh stopped by before the start of the parade and gave a quick speech.
Find Mitch, Cindy, Denis, and Kim. The four of them were up in the club level for the event.
Zeke and Chuck were also keeping an eye on things from the other side of the stadium.
When the buses pulled into town it was shown on the big screen.
After a brief speech at City Hall the Ravens started the parade to the stadium.
Before the parade reached the stadium, the stadium had reached capacity.
There wasn’t an empty seat in the house, and the field was very full, too.
I could see down the tunnel…
Until everyone held up their phones to take pictures.
I grabbed a few shots of the players coming in from the big screen.
Then I was focus on getting the players on stage. Ray Lewis holding the Vince Lombardi trophy.
Gerry Sandusky was the MC for the event.
Joe Flacco had a few words…
As did Ray Lewis.
Ed Reed also joined the fun.
John Harbaugh had a few parting words before everyone left the stage.
Blurry, but that is Steve Bisciotti carrying the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
I ran into Hall of Fans Inaugural Class member, Captain Dee-Fense on the field and said hello.
A group of the roost members met for a few drinks after the event in celebration.
That’s all for now, and it seems the parking meter was working correctly.
Author Scott HabichtPosted on February 6, 2013 February 6, 2013 Categories Events, NewsTags Ed Reed, Joe Flacco, John Harbaugh, Ray Lewis, Steve Bisciotti, The Baltimore Sun1 Comment on Ravens Roost #4 goes to the Ravens Super Bowl Victory Parade…And is in the Newspaper, Again
Ravens Win the Super Bowl and Roost #4 Makes the Newspaper…Again
It seems Raven’s Roost #4 is a newspaper favorite again with it’s members being featured in the paper with both pictures and quotes.
Kel cheers on the Ravens. Photo Credit: Jen Rynda
While many experts predicted a close game, local Ravens fans were feeling confident in the days and hours leading up to kickoff.
Scott Habicht, who watched the game at Jilly’s in Ellicott City along with his fellow members of Ravens Roost No. 4, said before the game he was very confident the team would win.
“I felt we had the momentum, and we carried it in,” said Habicht, of Elkridge, in the second quarter.
Before the game, Mitch Hooper, of Columbia, said he felt that the Ravens would pull out the victory.
“They are focused,” said Hooper. “They want to go out and win this game, and it’s going to happen.”
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The Ravens Roost #4 members that made the trip to Jilly’s.
Jack and Candace broght along a cupcake cake for everyone.
The Ravens win the Super Bowl!!!
Everyone is super happy for the outcome of the Super Bowl.
Of Course, not everyone stayed in Maryland. Many roost members went to New Orleans.
Author Scott HabichtPosted on February 4, 2013 February 4, 2013 Categories NewsTags Jilly's, Super Bowl, The Baltimore Sun
Ravens Roost Members Interviewed in The Baltimore Sun
Daniel “Dano” Harth & Steve “Zeke” Zelkosk watched this past week’s game at Champs in Columbia. Â The Baltimore Sun was on hand doing interviews, and they were picked to be included.
Ravens’ season ticket holder Daniel Harth was still on a high from the Ravens’ shocking 38-35 win over theDenver Broncos on Jan. 12.
“That was one of the greatest game I’ve ever seen,†said Harth of Columbia. “This game was special too. All of the elements were there with Ray Lewis retiring and getting revenge. This was a lot of fun.â€
The stage is now set for Ravens coach John Harbaugh to meet little brother Jim, coach of the NFC championSan Francisco 49ers, in the Super Bowl on Feb. 3. Steve Zelkoski, of Ravens Roost #4 in Ellicott City, is heading down to New Orleans for the big game.
“My dad is 74 years old and we’ve been to every single (home) game together,†Zelkoski said. “All he wanted to do was go to the Super Bowl, so I just called him and told him that we’re going.
“Ravens Roost #4 is a great organization. We do a lot of charity work and those guys are all fired up to go down. We’re going to represent the Ravens well in New Orleans.â€
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In Another article Geoff Lakis,  Jeff “Frosty” Volmer, Bill and Theresa Griffin were interviewed:
When the NFL season began in September, Ellicott City resident and die-hard Baltimore Ravens fan Geoff Lakis didn’t expect that six months later his beloved team would be playing in Super BowlXVLII.
“Did I think they could possibly get there, yes, but I never had the thought, ‘Oh, we are going to the Super Bowl,'” said Lakis, who, along with his wife Amy, will be flying to New Orleans for the Feb. 3 game against the San Francisco 49ers. “If I did, I would’ve made my reservations a long time ago and saved a lot of money.”
Lakis, a season-ticket holder and member of Ravens Roost No. 4 in Ellicott City, found out Monday, Jan. 21 that he was a winner in the Ravens’ lottery, allowing him to purchase two tickets at face value — $850 each.
“We basically had no thoughts of going to the game until we won the lottery,” said Lakis, 52. “We figured it was a once in a lifetime deal. … so, we decided to buy the tickets and try to piece it together from there.”
While other local fans make plans to travel to New Orleans, many more are conspiring to bring a bit of the Super Bowl to Howard County.
From a county government-sponsored breakfast giveaway, to printing Super Bowl T-shirts, to buildings draped in purple light, it looks as if there will be enough Ravens fever in Howard County to turn even the most enthusiastic fan purple in the face.
Leading up to the game, County Executive Ken Ulman is giving away the “Ultimate Ravens Breakfast,” complete with menu items like T-sizzle sausage and eggs, Brendan Ayanba-bagels, Michael Eggs Over Easy, and a Box o’ Morning Joe Flacco, to the school, office or organization with the most Ravens’ pride.
While there is plenty of competition for the best place to go in Howard County for the big game, you would be hard-pressed to argue against Jilly’s Bar and Grill in Ellicott City, the official home to Ravens Roost No. 4.
According to Ravens Roost President Jeff Volmer, about one-third of the 130-member roost spends away games at Jilly’s, making up just a portion of the normally raucous crowd.
For the AFC Championship game on Jan. 20, Volmer arrived six hours before kickoff to ensure he got a front row seat.
“It was standing room only,” said Volmer, 51, of Columbia. “Everyone was rambunctious and excited before the game. It was a really good crowd.”
Among the attendees were Ravens Roost members Bill and Theresa Griffin, who, along with the Lakis’, will be representing their local contingent in the Big Easy.
“I can’t believe it, I’m flying high,” said Theresa, whose tickets are on the 50-yard-line. “I’m a huge Ray Lewis fan, so to have this opportunity to see him play one more time is unbelievable.”
Theresa said that at first, she and her husband didn’t believe they had won..
“We went to check our email to see if we won the lottery, and my husband read it wrong and said we didn’t win,” said Theresa, who was looking over her husband’s shoulder at the computer screen. “Then we were nervous it was a scam, but sure enough we won.”
Theresa and her husband immediately purchased two tickets as well as two promotion packages, which include tickets to a Ravens’ tailgate party and other special events.
The cost of the trip will run approximately $8,000 — money Theresa said is well spent.
“I’d rather go with the package and be able to do anything,” said Theresa, a resident of Easton.
While you won’t see the Lakis’ or the Griffins at Jilly’s on Feb. 3, you’ll most likely find fellow roost member Chuck Anderson, of Ellicott City.
Anderson was one of the thousands of Ravens’ fans who made the trip to Foxboro, Mass., for the AFC Championship game Jan. 20 against the New England Patriots.
“It was amazing to experience Baltimore winning in an AFC championship like that,” said Anderson, who made the trip with a few colleagues from the Howard County Public School System.
While Anderson, a season-ticket holder, explored taking a trip to New Orleans, he ultimately decided to stay close to home for the game.
“We thought about it, but we’ll be at the local watering hole supporting the Ravens 100 percent,” Anderson said.
While fans still were celebrating the 28-13 victory over the Patriots on Monday, Jan. 21, Nightmare Graphics, in Columbia, was busy making T-shirts.
For the Super Bowl, the company is printing the words “Festivus Maximus” across the front, a tribute to a phrase coined by former head coach Brian Billick before the Ravens beat the Giants in the 2001 Super Bowl. It also says “Ray’s Last Ride.”
Sam Andelman, President of Nightmare Graphics, said he and his crews have been printing new shirts since the first playoff victory against the Indianapolis Colts.
“I think you’ll see us back here two weeks from today printing shirts again,” Andelman said.
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Creating Liveable Habitats
Sep 2017 , by Realty Plus, in Design
To offer tribute to the legendary architect Charles Correa, Ambuja Neotia Group organized the 2nd edition of “Charles Correa Annual Memorial Lecture” in Kolkata on June 24th. Architect Richard Hassell, one of the founders of WOHA, addressed the audience. In an interview with Realty Plus, he spoke about his work and Charles Correa design philosophy.
The Singapore-based architecture practice WOHA was started in 1994 by Wong MunSumm (Architect from the National University of Singapore) and Richard Hassell (Architect from the University of Western Australia). Its name was derived from the initial letters of the founders’ names, Wong and Hassell. The practice currently has projects in Singapore, India, Australia and Indonesia ranging from apartment towers to luxury resorts, mass-transit stations, condominiums, hotels, educational institutions and public buildings.
“MunSumm and I met when we were working at another firm in Singapore. We discovered that we have similar views when it came to our design philosophy and aesthetic and in 1994 we founded WOHA. Like any new firm, we had smaller projects in the beginning, but the turning point was when we won an anonymous competition for two MRT Stations in Singapore. Since then we have been able to work on many inspiring projects, in the public and private sector and we are very happy to have expanded to also working beyond Singapore’s borders in India, Bangladesh, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia.” Richard elaborated.
Like Correa, some of WOHA’s projects also incorporate painted surfaces to create illusions and points of visual interest. Finally, you can see parallels between the roofscapes at Correa’s Bharat Bhavan and the roofscapes that we integrated into the landscape concept at our Intercontinental Sanya Resort in China.
Charles Correa inspirational design strategies
Charles Correa’s visionary work and deep understanding of the importance of climatic, demographic and infrastructural implications as well as that of community life and poetry in architecture is timeless. It is as relevant and inspiring today as ever and, as Charles Correa did, we put a strong emphasis on the climate and environment, creating smart infrastructure and relieving congestion, as I just mentioned, and our projects aim to facilitate community-building by offering spaces in which people can meet and spend their time with each other, by being open to the outside and welcoming.
Charles Correa designed in a way that was appropriate for each project’s locality, something that we find important as well. We identify with his strong geometry (see in Correa’s Previ Experimental Housing and Tara Housing and WOHA’s Gilstead Brooks) and admire the way his design draws on vernacular and cultural precedents. We have a mutual concern with the public sphere and public spaces and we share the tendency to have a seamless transition from indoor to outdoor living.
To us, it makes no sense to design hermetically sealed, glassy skyscrapers for a tropical climate which would need a lot of energy to make life inside comfortable. We aim to integrate region’s culture, history and art into our project design, in a way that is perhaps not always obvious at first glance, but that let people connect to the structure on an emotional level because it evokes familiarity.”
Integrating high rise buildings with city’s urban & social fabric and green spaces
Our high-rise projects put a strong emphasis on biophilic design. People feel happy when they have access to greenery, be that physically or visually. We integrate sky gardens and sky terraces for people to spend their leisure time in, catch up with a neighbour or colleague, if it’s an office building, go for a quick jog around the sky park, share a meal. We also implement vertical greening strategies like in our Oasia Hotel Downtown in Singapore. The entire high-rise is covered in 21 different species of creepers, in addition to biophilic benefits, it actually helps to cool the building and reduce its energy consumption. By creating communal green spaces, like in our public housing project, SkyVille @ Dawson, we connect the structure to its neighbourhood because the parks and terraces as well as the services that are integrated into the project like F&B, retail, childcare and medical services, draw in people from neighbouring buildings.
As architects, the challenge is to create a balance between what drives the developer, the market reception and what our own long-term values are. WOHA’s long-term values are to build green, resilient, simple projects that incorporate good passive principles. The challenge is synthesizing solutions which align all of these aspects with the image-based market expectation and the more short-term goals of the developer. One of the solutions we have come up with is to create environments that are based on “resort living” which appeal to the market and the developer but can also be very sustainable.
WOHA global and Indian projects
WOHA is known for its emphasis on environmentally sustainable design and building community. Talking about the firm’s design beliefs Richard said, “We think that buildings should have similar “personality” traits as people and ask ourselves: Is the building generous? Is it friendly? Is it open? Does it help foster community? Does it engage with people? Does it pollute the environment or help contribute by lower energy consumption, by being green, by recycling water etc.?
We love projects in which we can integrate all sorts of functions into one development: living, working, recreation, retail, medical and social services. We feel that mix-use buildings can solve several problems at the same time. Populations are growing and we are running out of space, traffic is increasing and long commuting adds to our carbon footprint with all the emissions that vehicles produce. By building skywards, incorporating the public realm and adding multiple functions to one structure, we reduce the need for people to commute and we can create beautiful living spaces in the sky.”
WOHA is currently involved in two projects with Lodha Group in Mumbai. The New Cuffe Parade and The Park. Both projects are housing developments that have a strong emphasis on greenery, environmental features and community. Briefing on the distinct features of these projects Richard stated, “The New Cuffe Parade project features “pleasure gardens”, integrates passive features like wind scoops to ventilate parts of the underground carpark and provides a total of 730 sky gardens. Whereas, The Park project’s main feature is the huge podium sculpted into a terrain of landscaped green thereby, giving 4 hectare of park to the residents of the development. We encouraged the developer to create an active retail street edge rather than a gated development which just presents a wall to the city.
Both projects have strategies in place that lower energy consumption, such as natural cross ventilation of the apartments and sun shading of the windows and facades, and we had more the idea of a neighbourhood in mind rather than a single, isolated development. The community aspect is very important to us,that is why we created many areas in which people can meet and spend their leisure time together.”
WOHA hotel projects – such as the Park Royal on Pickering with its “hanging gardens”, the Oasia Hotel Downtown (both in Singapore) that is wrapped in a green façade and our Alila Villas Uluwatu project in Bali which has very recognizable pavilions made from reclaimed wood – all have very distinct green features. They show that luxury hospitality and ecological responsibility can go hand in hand, and can even be a feature that sells rooms. “Our public housing project SkyVille @ Dawson in Singapore and our newest private residential project Sky Garden in Taipei share the idea that gardens in the sky contribute to everybody’s well-being and that creating access to greenery is something that does not have to be limited to certain market segments.
Concluding the conversation Richard briefed on his latest project, “Later this year, our Kampung Admiralty project, which is a mixed-use, integrated public housing development will open. We are very excited to have the first occupants move in and experience this new prototype of public housing. It combines living with retail, food and beverage, medical services and social services. The project is tied into the public transport system, has a state-of-the-art bicycle parking/storage system and seamlessly connects to the neighbourhood, inviting everyone in to take advantage of the services on offer. The public spaces were designed to connect people of all ages and abilities, to facilitate the building of community.”
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The idea that Roman soldiers went everywhere dressed simply in tunic and boots (in addition to their personal equipment) is patently false, yet most Roman re-enactment societies, including our own, propagate this false idea to the public by displaying in the expected tunic and boots clothing option whatever the weather. An inescapable fact however, is that the Roman army was a body (or a number of bodies) of seasoned professional men, who would not only have been used to tough conditions and been acclimatised to them, but would also have been sensible enough to know that dressing for the weather can be the difference between sickness and health. The phrase any fool can be cold was probably no less true then than it is now.
What clothing was available then?
The one item of cold weather clothing which most of us already own is a cloak and for the Romans (like everybody else) cloaks were probably the most obvious protection from the cold available. Two sorts of cloaks seem to have been common amongst the general soldiery, namely the paenula and the sagum. These (especially saga) could be very big and heavy (and consequently warm) and in the case of the paenula, could feature hoods. In addition to this, there are literary references to undercloaks (subpaenulae) and at least one of the Rhineland stelae seems to show something which looks like shoulder doubling on the inside of the cloak. It is also relevant to state that if the cloaks were not subjected to modern dying processes they would retain much of the natural lanolin in the wool, which would make them fairly water resistant. Cloaks however, are not practical to wear all the time so they represent only one of a number of types of cold weather protection.
Despite their apparent rarity in the sculptural record, we know that socks (udones) were fairly common. As most people reading this will already know, socks are in fact mentioned in one of the Vindolanda letters (which also tells us that soldiers could also receive clothing as gifts from their families) and are probably shown on the Cancalleria reliefs. Socks could be made in two ways, either by being cut from fabric and stitched together or by being made by the sprang work method, which is reasonably similar to crocheting. Examples of both types have survived, with the cloth type surviving not only from Vindolanda but also from a series of waterlogged graves in Gaul, and the sprang work type is known from examples which have survived in Egypt (the Egyptian examples were brightly striped and were designed with a separate toe to accommodate thong type sandals). The possible socks shown on the Cancalleria reliefs lack toes and heels and could have been made from a cloth or sprang work tube with a horizontal slit halfway down which would open around the heel when the sock was put on.
Next come leg wrappings and leg bindings. The former are the rectangular pieces of cloth which are wrapped around the lower leg and tied off with strings made from warp threads which have been left long and then been twisted together (rather than ties which have been sewn on). These probably had a Germanic origin but would almost certainly have been used by Roman soldiers in Britain who had previously been stationed in Germany. Leg bindings look very similar to the puttees worn by late 19th and early 20th century soldiers. These seem to be native to the Italians and are fairly commonly seen in contemporary depictions. We can be fairly confident that these were also used by solders to keep out the cold, although they would also have been used to protect the legs from rough undergrowth and to support the muscles of the leg (indeed, these rather than protection from the cold may have been the primary reasons for their issue, but it would have seemed like common sense to men used to wearing them to use them as cold weather clothing if they had them). Both of these items were probably known as 'fascia' and when combined with socks provide very good cold protection. From experience I do not recommend wearing them on a hot day! The fascia also demonstrate that the ancients understood that the coldest level of air is that which lies within a foot of ground level and thus requires the best insulation, a fact also recognised by the Gauls, if some of the socks which have survived are anything to go by. Udones and fascia may have been standard issue items, as a papyrus from Masada lists them with other items of clothing along with deductions from the soldiers pay for each item
Next, but just as significantly, a favourite Roman method of keeping out the cold was to wear more than one tunic at a time. The emperor Augustus supposedly routinely wore no less than four tunics at a time (in addition to his toga presumably). Soldiers would certainly have done this. It would not be outside the realms of possibility that a Roman soldier might have purchased a locally made long sleeved tunic and worn it under his Roman type tunic (or tunics).
Next we come to the scarf (focale). As anyone who lives in a cold climate knows, scarves are very good at keeping you warm. The few known Roman depictions of scarves show them to be shaped very like modern scarves (sometimes even with tasselled ends). Graham Sumner also suggests that the small triangular scarves used by many re-enactors may not be correct and suggests that scarves may in fact have been straight and quite large. Depending on how it is worn, the ends of a scarf can also provide extra insulation to the chest area.
The next thing to consider is hats. We know that the Romans had access to hats for sunny weather and it stands to reason that, given the fact that heat is lost from the head faster than any other part of the body, they would probably have worn hats in cold weather. In addition to the hoods of their cloaks, it has been suggested that soldiers may have worn their helmet linings as hats, but as some linings appear to have been glued into their helmets, this cannot have been the case all the time, if it was at all. It is possible the hats worn in winter may have resembled the brimmed hats worn in sunny weather. It is even possible that these hats were one and the same. Depictions of travellers on Greek vases often show them wearing high boots (or shoes and lower leg coverings) and virtually always show them wearing a hat and cloak. Given that this clothing seems designed for use in colder weather (there being no doorways for the traveller to hide in when the rain came down), it seems likely that the brimmed hats shown were not straw hats but felt or perhaps leather hats, which would keep out cold and rain better. By contrast, some Italian pottery statuettes of the same period show people wearing yellow brimmed hats which are almost certainly supposed to represent straw. It is possible that a straw hat could be worn in hot weather but a felt or leather version of the same thing worn in cold weather (this could also help explain the writer Vegetius statement that soldiers in earlier times had worn heavy leather hats). Brimmed hats like those worn by agricultural workers in some mosaics and statuettes are normally assumed to be straw but could just as easily have been made from warmer and more waterproof materials such as felt and leather. Hats may not have been issued to soldiers but even then they would probably have been easy of make or purchase.
Finally, we come to trousers. Trousers seem an obvious solution to us, and obviously they must have seemed obvious to soldiers of Celtic or Germanic origin, but that thinking may not have applied to the Roman mindset, which tended to think of trousers as the mark of the barbarian (a term which included Persians, along with the other barbarians we would normally think of). This is not to say that the common soldier necessarily shared all of the views of his social superiors and there must have been occasions when soldiers on campaign supplemented their existing clothing with locally obtained trousers, but many, if not most of them, may have felt little need to do this. They already had tried and trusted cold weather clothing in the form of hooded cloaks and lower leg coverings, and (probably) felt and/or leather hats.
It is also worth remembering that not all cultures immediately take on the idea of trousers, the Scots being an obvious example. Whatever the actual origins of the kilt, it is worth noting that thousands of Scottish soldiers went through the First World War and a slightly lesser number during the Second World War wearing kilts and heavy knee length socks. Obviously this was an issued uniform, but there are enough surviving photographs of Scottish soldiers in muddy, waterlogged trenches to show that they really did wear the kilt under campaign conditions (albeit often supplemented with Wellington boots). Trousers are not necessarily essential to keeping warm in the cold! We know of course, that Roman legionaries did eventually wear trousers, but the earliest evidence for this dates to the period of the Dacian wars, several decades after the period which our equipment would be typical for and we thus represent.
As a conclusion then, the Roman soldier faced with cold weather and sensible enough to dress appropriately had a number of clothing options which he could wear singly or in conjunction with each other. Thus he had at his disposal socks, lower leg coverings, extra tunics, a scarf, a cloak and probably a rainproof hat, whilst the barbarian elements of the army would also naturally gravitate to trousers as an option.
In the illustration below, the soldier on the left has supplemented his basic clothing with socks, leg wrappings, a locally obtained long sleeved tunic worn under his normal tunic and a sagum. The soldier on the right has opted for enclosed boots, socks, leg bindings, an extra tunic and a paenula.
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Roman Clothing and Fashion, Alexandra Croom, Tempus
Greece and Roman at War, Peter Connolly, MacMillan
Vita Divi Augusti, Suetonius, Loeb
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Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma Episode Nine Thoughts
I really do like Hinako, she’s very cute. Even though she has a fearsome reputation she acts very relaxed and sweet. I do think her moral dropped after Soma took away her Kaki-no-Tane. It was all for a good cause though as he served her that very same tea snack as part of a dish. I can’t describe it but he sort of coated the fish with the Kaki-no-Tane chips. I also really like the fact how Hinako is voiced by Mamiko Noto. I just know when a character is being voiced by Mamiko as she has that distinctive voice about her. I get drawn into her voice and characters every time. =)
Hinako summed up Soma perfectly in that he’s very creative despite time running against him. She looked pretty as a mermaid but I did crack up laughing when the man behind her had a meat-type head. I’m not really sure how else to describe it except that I thought it was funny. XD
I unexpectedly started to like Takumi in this episode. I pictured him to be an arrogant lad but I think he’s probably more awkward then arrogant. It was especially funny when he made that dramatic speech about next time he sees Soma it will be in a Shokugeki battle… only to find out that they would sit next to each other on the bus! I guess all the long he just needed a rival and a friend who he can relate with. One thing for sure, Takumi and Soma will definitely respect each other from now on.
It looks like everyone in the Polar Star gang managed to survive by one day… for now. Now all the students have to serve 50 servings each to the muscular athletes. I felt sorry for Yuuki as she was looking forward to relax but now she can’t. The way she mellowed in despair was pretty funny to watch. It does seem rather unfair on all the students that they have to prepare all those dishes straightaway when they came back from a stern test. It’s amazing how quickly Soma prepared those 50 dishes. I hope Ikumi and Megumi and the rest of the Polar Star Gang manage to make those 50 dishes just in time.
Soma and Erina humming to the ending song was pretty fun to watch. Soma’s humming and dancing was really funny watch whilst Erina’s humming was relaxing to watch. I didn’t think they would bump into each other any time soon. I wonder what’s going to happen next. I’d imagine Erina is just going to give Soma a lot of verbal abuse. Haha.
It’s the FA Cup Final today and I’m really looking forward to it. As I understand it if Villa win the cup, they play in the Europa League next season, if Arsenal win, Southampton play in the Europa League next season.
Either way I do feel sorry for the English teams who play in the Europa League as it must be gruelling for them to play on a Thursday and a Sunday. Look what happened to Everton. They finished at the bottom half of the table. I get the feeling that the same could happen with Southampton. They had a fantastic season last season but if they play in the Europa League next season then I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t do as well as they did this season. Having said all that, they played above expectations this season and just ran out of steam near the end. I’m very pleased for them. =)
Anyway- my FA Cup prediction.
It’s going to be Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa. I think Arsenal will just nudge Villa out but I don’t think they’ll keep a clean sheet. Let the fun times roll. =)
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WWE Royal Rumble 2015 Predictions
I’m going to watch the Royal Rumble this Sunday and I’m looking forward to it. The Royal Rumble is my favourite event of the year along with Wrestlemania. Admittedly, I haven’t really been following it for the past year but I did get back into it when Daniel Bryan made his return. That and Sting making his first ever WWE appearance at Survivor Series…that was such a surreal moment. =)
Anyway, I decided to take this opportunity to share my predictions on what I think may happen…
Pre-Show. New Day vs Cesaro, Tyson Kidd and Adam Rose
It may be short and sweet but I think the New Day will win. They’re popular with the crowd and from the audience point a view a win for the good guys will whet their appetite for the evening.
The New Age Outlaws vs The Ascension
It’s nice to see Road Dogg and Billy Gunn again but I think the Ascension will win this match. It will be a good example on how the classic veterans put over the new generation and make them look strong in the tag team division. If the New Age Outlaws win then I think it will discredit the new and uprising tag team.
The Usos vs The Miz and Damien Mizdow
I really want the Miz and Mizdow to win as I find them hilarious but I think the Usos will win. If the Ascension are going to go for the tag titles then the ideal place will be Wrestlemania. Since they appear to be bad guys they will need to face a tag team that’s probably popular, I.E., the Usos. With that reason in mind I think the Usos will win this match and keep hold of the titles at least when Wrestlemania comes.
Paige and Natalya vs The Bella Twins
I think it would be cool if Paige and Natalya will win but I think it will be a win for the Bella Twins.
John Cena vs Seth Rollins vs Brock Lesnar
Hmm… I have to say that this match is the hardest to call. I think any outcome of this match is likely. However, whatever happens, I do think that Brock Lesnar will lose the title… unless, he wins the match and the Undertaker makes a surprise entrance in the Royal Rumble, wins, and goes on to face Lesnar at Wrestlemania for the world title. Oh my, that would be some rematch. =D That would be an exciting outcome but I highly doubt that will happen. I can’t see Lesnar retaining his title.
My prediction is that either John Cena or Seth Rollins will win this match… anything could happen in this match. Cena could win the title and Rollins cashes his Money in the Bank. Or it could be that Cena wins and Rollins “cashes in” but doesn’t win the title as he is somehow thwarted by Sting.
In an ideal world, for me, Seth Rollins wins the title, Daniel Bryan wins the Rumble and they face each other at Wrestlemania 31 in the main event. I think that will be an amazing match. But… unfortunately, I can’t see that happening.
It seems like WWE wants to continue the feud between Bryan and Kane. I think Bryan will enter the Rumble and Kane (probably when eliminated) eliminates Bryan which continues the feud. They will either face each other at the following pay-per-view or at Wrestlemania 31.
Rusev could win the rumble and face Cena in the main event. Then it will be the whole USA versus Russia angle. I think if anyone is going to give Rusev his first loss it will be someone who won’t tap out to his Accolade, I.E, John Cena and Daniel Bryan. On this occasion I think it will be Cena.
Bray Wyatt, Roman Reigns and Dean Amrbose are all good candidates too.
I like to see Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn in the rumble, even if they’re in the match for only a matter of minutes. Since Neville lost the NXT world title it could elevate him a push on the main WWE roster. I can see him having a great feud with either Wyatt or Amrbose. =)
It’d be great to see Scott Hall participate too. For many years I always wanted to see Scott Hall coming out to Razor Ramon’s music and enter the rumble. Since he appeared in the Raw Reunion episode perhaps there’s a chance that he’ll appear in the Royal Rumble too?
Sting’s Future Involvement
I’m super excited that Sting has finally made his appearance in WWE.
I knew that he was part of the WWE system but I didn’t really think that I would see him in the actual WWE ring. His new theme is growing on me a little but I feel that they should have used his classic crow theme for his actual debut. His sudden appearance certainly caused a big impact but I still think they should have used his old theme for a short period. I wonder why he isn’t using his baseball bat. It’s his trademark weapon. Perhaps he’ll introduce it if or indeed when he faces Triple H?
It’s no secret that he wants to face the Undertaker but I think WWE are gearing him up to face Triple H. In the WWE 2K15 panel he said that he’d like to face Triple H as well. Since he keeps on thwarting Triple H’s schemes I think it could lead to a Wrestlemania match.
In an alternative ideal world it would be Seth Rollins vs Sting at Wrestlemania, Sting vs Triple at Summerslam and Sting vs Undertaker at next year’s Wrestlemania. However, it seems to me that Sting rather go up against wrestlers from his own generation (i.e., Triple H) rather than the younger generation.
So far I like the angle that they’re doing with Sting. He is being the vigilante who keeps on thwarting the Authority from getting their own way. It’s similar to the situation he was in when he was in the angle with the N.W.O. back in the WCW days. We know that he’s a vigilante and his “finger point” was clearly directed at Triple H, but it’s a matter of finding out why. I don’t want to guess why this might be but it makes me look forward to seeing Sting more. I highly anticipate that we will see Sting in the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. =)
Right now I’m currently watching the FA Cup updates. Liverpool and Bolton are coming on TV later and I’m looking forward to it. Afterwards I’m going to listen to the Non Non Biyori drama CD that came recently. I’ve been waiting for a while for that to arrive and it’s finally here. =)
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I had heard of Silent Hill only vaguely before my brother told me the movie was coming out and showed me the trailer. I went to see it with him and our dad. When we left the movie theater, my dad said, "Well, I'm scarred for life." (I think he was probably thinking of the PH-skin-ripping scene in particular.)
I honestly had seen nothing like it before. I was 16, and I had seen a bunch of horror movies lately that kept using the same tricks and cheap scares, and while looking back on it, the movie doesn't really scare me that much, it was definitely the first time I had witnessed that much darkness and gore. And what set it apart, to me, was that it had a purpose--it wasn't just there for the gross-out factor. However badly executed the story was--and after watching it recently, I definitely don't hold it as highly as I used to--it was still like nothing else I had seen.
It helped that I saw it in theater, and so everything was amplified. The images, the sounds--when the siren went off for the second Otherworld transition, I was genuinely petrified to see what was going to happen. And I loved the music. Even after playing Silent Hill 2, I think the way they used "Promise (Reprise)" in the movie was excellent, since it's such a haunting track. (Just pleeeeeease don't overuse it in SH:R, Bassett, if you use it at all--pleeeeeeeeease.)
I watched it again after going to college and taking a few creative writing courses, and I was like, "Well...maybe it's not quite as good as I remember." By that time I had also played through SH2, 3, & 4, and seen how they dealt with story. I still enjoy watching it--there are just more things about it that bug me now.
It's what introduced me to the series, so I think of it fondly, if not as "the perfect video game adaptation." Still one of the better ones, IMHO. Really looking forward to Revelation.
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I'd have been happy with 90 minutes of nurses and lying figures dancing nonstop to "You're Not Here."
You'll never know how much you've just made me laugh!
I went with my boyfriend (now husband) on opening night. He and I were still living in separate states and I think it was his second visit to see me. We were into doing some kind of funky stuff back then, so I remember he had me (literally) on a leash when we went. We also had a small stereo playing SH1 music. When we got in, the theatre was so packed I had to sit on his lap.
I think I got a wee bit misty eyed when the title appeared with the theme music. Then I was a little turned off at the beginning- with Sharon at the waterfall, the yelling of "SILENT HILL!," etc. But then I enjoyed a lot of it as it went on. Great atmosphere, otherside, monsters, and Cybil (my favorite character). I was happy to recognize the music and lots of little game references. I winced at the part where Alessa explained everything to Rose, and wasn't crazy about Christabella and all those cult members being in it. I also remember being overcome with disbelief at what happened to Cybil!
But I was fond of the movie overall, and actually saw it twice more in the opening weekend- once more with my boyfriend, and a third time with my friend Tim along with us.
I own the DVD and watch it once in a while, but not that often. I hope that the next movie is as good and better in some respects.
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I went with my mom. I think it was a few days after the film came out. Was really looking forward to it, and I did have fun at the theaters, sharing popcorn and gabbing to my mother about the monsters and the characters. I can't say I think it's an amazing movie today (I didn't back in 06 either), though I did like the atmosphere and look back on that day fondly.
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I saw the movie at a newly opened multi-plex theater the week the movie opened. I went by myself, as I'm a loner type. I later bought the DVD (just re-watched it a couple days ago, as a matter of fact).
I thought the movie was OK, not great. I was liking it until those guys with the radiation suits appeared (with birdcage in hand) and then liked it even less when they got to that church with all those followers. It did irk me when the kid started crying "Silent Hill" early in the movie, that just felt cheesy to me and could have been done a lot better and in a much creepier manner. It was kinda my first warning that the movie wasn't going to be as good as I was hoping.
It was obvious to me that the people who made the movie really didn't understand what the games were about. They probably never even actually played the games, just read a synopsis or something, and still missed the point.
Typical Hollywood, in my opinion. They rarely get stuff right.
VenusDoom
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Missing since: 06 Nov 2010
My first exxperience with Silent Hill was me being a kid still and seeing it in one of those DVD things they have at foodlion for $9.00.
I'm 100% Serious.
Anyway, I remember my aunt and uncle playing Silent Hill 2 before that when I was ultra little, they got it when it first came out and they loved it, years later Silent Hill 2 became the firsst SH game I ever played, I played it on their xbox with my cousin, it was amazing, it was near Halloween,a nd I watched the SH movie on Hulu, a few months later I got SH Origins, and SH1 on PSN, then i borrowed SH3 and SH4 from my ex (She loves silent hill passionatley, she's the reason i asked to play SH2 at my aunt's,) anyway, that's all my memories related to the movie. I plan on buying the Silent Hill Grudge combo blu ray when i get my PS3 and going to see SH3 with my ex (same one that lent me the SH games) when Revalations comes out. She's turned me into a fanatic. I'm buying all the games soon. I've played all of them except Homecoming, and I'm playing Shattered Memories now, and I'm very close to beating it.
Cry baby, cry baby, cry,<3
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I love the Silent Hill Series. The games: Homecoming, Origins, and Shattered Memories, did nothing wrong whatsoever, they were developed well, and did things different. Just because they were not by Team Silent doesn't mean that they're bad games. I believe in this series. I believe that one day, we can have a game that will make all Silent Hill fans Happy. I believe that Silent Hill Downpour can achieve this.
Team Silent may be gone, but their series isn't. Instead... it's here, it's alive.
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Rayder wrote:
While a lot of this is opinion and I can't contradict it (save to say that I enjoyed the movie)... the director played the first game, at the very least, and did so multiple times. The reason the movie was even made in the first place is that he recorded himself talking about Silent Hill and send it to Konami, who eventually decided he seemed like he was passionate enough and knew enough about the game to make the movie.
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I honestly didn't go to the theater and watch it. I was a little hesitant about it, to be honest, but I did watch it later with some friends and we all ended up really loving the movie. Based on how I felt about this movie, and the pictures and things I've read, I think Revelation is going to be amazing.
Mr.FLOOT
Brookhaven Receptionist
Missing since: 21 Dec 2006
Last seen at: Edinburgh, UK
I was so excited to see the film! I went with my sister to see it. I really liked it up until they ran into the church.... from there the film kinda went down hill. Overall I enjoyed it as I went to the cinema twice to see it.
Can't wait for Revelation!
wonder's boy
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Mr.FLOOT wrote:
I went twice too! Once the night before it's release, and then like a week later. I agree the film kinda bubbled up quite nicely until the first church scene, and then kind of went bumpy after that. The ending still satisfied me, though, and I wasn't really left with any failed expectations. It was what I expected it to be, though lacking in some areas, while blowing me away (in the good sense) in others.
Who can forget that scene when they're all running up the steps to the church to escape the impending darkness? I found it to be so tensely dramatic and one of the better directed scenes in the film. Everyone had their own motive in that scene, making it feel so hectic and tense, like anything could happen. Dahlia was going all preacher of the truth, Rose was desperately trying to get answers from her, Cybil just wanted to get the fuck inside, and Anna was being a douche throwing stones, all while the church folk were heading for the hills. Oh, and a siren was blazing off to warn of the oncoming hell full of creatures that want to rip the shit out of everyone.
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I rented it after it was released on DVD and watched it with my dad. I hadn't played any of the Silent Hill games when I had first seen the movie and I thought it was a pretty bad horror movie.
I've seen it a couple of times since and also watched a fan-edited version of the film. The fan-edit was a lot better because it removed all of the scenes with the husband and some of the more cringe-worthy dialogue.
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Posted on October 2, 2016 February 28, 2018 by admin6
Concierge Startups Offer House Calls for Dental Work, Errands and Beauty Makeovers
NEW YORK–There are now house calls for dentists, errands and laundry, even beauty makeovers. In the tech concierge space, this is no longer surprising. But here’s the thing: These companies are offering these services to seniors, the market many tech startups are ignoring when it’s a sizeable enough market. More than 44 million Americans are 65 years old and up.
Carla Caramat, CEO and founder of housecallsdentists.com, Zachary Jones, Business Development head of nancy.care and Rachel Doyle, CEO and founder of glamourgals.org presented their respective concierge businesses for seniors last September 29 at the Aging 2.0 meetup at Brookdale Battery Park in lower Manhattan.
Caramat, who has over two decades of success as an entrepreneur in health care management in San Francisco, offers her dentist house calls in New York and San Francisco. How did she figure out if her idea was viable? “About 70 percent of seniors live in Manhattan. On top of that, her target audience is not covered by insurance.”
When you make a dental appointment, Caramat said two people come to your home – the vetted dentist and dental assistant. Yes, the company also does X-rays at your home and works with care managers as well.
Jones, co-founder of Portea Medical, a provider of home healthcare services in India and Malaysia, says the startup was named Nancy, because it’s a popular name among seniors. Nancy is a tech-enabled senior care concierge service that allows family caregivers to remotely care for their loved ones by using a smartphone app. These include home grocery deliveries, laundry, haircuts and errands.
For Jones, the industry is in its nascent stage. He recognizes seniors don’t buy things online, but the daughter does. “It’s a much more involved process than you think.”
Other than family members, who can the seniors trust to take care of them? “We understand it’s the most vulnerable market. We use social proof as our vetting process. It’s similar to how you rate your Uber driver.” He adds that the analytics will bear this out.
Doyle said GlamourGals caters mostly to women: “Women outnumber men 8 to 1,” she said, although she said she wouldn’t mind extending their service to men.
As a young woman, it may hard to figure out why Doyle’s business caters to women two or three times her age, but she has been at it for more than a decade.
Doyle said she was inspired to give beauty makeovers when she was a teen back in 1999. Today, she organizes teen volunteers to provide ongoing companionship and give beauty makeover to women in senior homes. “We’re building a movement of compassionate leaders.”
How do they market to seniors who mostly don’t care about forming habits around using apps, the internet or technology?
Caramat said she markets to them by releasing quarterly newsletters and doing SEO. For his part, Jones said they reach out to the daughters of their target market while Doyle relies on press coverage, which is not surprising given that her startup offers complimentary beauty makeovers – a story that gets media covering it. “When you have a great story, you can utilize the press.”
“You have to have confidence in marketing to people twice or three times your age,” she added.
Allison Becker hosted the meetup with Lauren Covello of FORTUNE Venture as moderator.
CategoriesSharing economy, Startup Demos Tagsdentists, house calls, on-demand economy
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Lesson 9 – Restricted Target Bouting
This was the end of term lesson, where we started introducing bouting using restricted targets. The use of restricted targeting bouting was to prevent the students just flailing away without any of the form we had been working on over the term. The scenarios were all also run with coached bouting so that students could correct mistakes during the scenarios.
Targets were limited to forearms, with one fencer being designated as attacker, the other as defender. The attacker is tasked with trying to hit with redoubled cuts and the defender was tasked with trying to hit with parry & riposte. Bouts were limited to 3 touches by one fencer.
After the 3 touches, the roles were reversed and the bout repeated until one fencer has achieved 3 touches.
As per Scenario 1 but with arms and head as the only allowed targets.
1 spadone wielder versus 2 broadsword wielders. Targets were again limited to arms and head. The aim is for the spadone wielder to survive for 30 seconds against the 2 swordsmen, who start at either end of the hall. Once the broadsword wielder is killed, they return to the end of the hall for a 5 second count before returning to the fray. If the spadone wielder is killed everybody resets to the start.
The first scenario is heavily restricted to get the fencers to concentrate on using correct form and technique. The restriction to forearms also means the armour requirements could be kept quite low. It was quite obvious that people were leaving their arm out and exposed during the cutting actions, and frequently not returning to guard.
The second scenario was a response to the issue of not returning to guard. By allowing head hits, the fencers became much more invested in returning to guard as this protects the head.
In both these scenarios, assigning roles helped the fencers concentrate on just one aspect of the system at a time. By switching the roles they came to understand both.
The 3rd scenario was designed to begin introduce situational awareness, and the concept of maintaining momentum with the spadone. The 2 opponents really ramps up the adrenaline though, and careful supervision must be maintained to ensure it doesn't get out of hand. One of the early problems we had that had to be stamped out quite quickly was hitting to the back of the exposed head.
Even using the shinai simulators, the spadone can hit really hard when used by an excited beginner. The key phrase for this lesson is "Control, Control, Control".
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Fringe, "Midnight": Spine-nibbling action
It's getting close to end of business day around here, and other work is piling up, so all I have time to say about last night's "Fringe" is that it was a fairly satisfying Monster of the Week episode with enough hints about the Pattern to not feel like it was entirely isolated. Also, John Noble was equally good with both the pathos (Walter discussing the soul) and the comedy (Walter extolling the virtues of Peek Freans and the Clapper in the same scene).
pgillan said...
Say what you will about this show, "I also have a cow" made everything worthwhile.
Jennifer J. said...
We enjoyed the show though it was a mite too gory for me. I thought they did a good job faking us with "Bob" in the beginning as the predator.
Alan: do you know how many episodes of "Fringe" are left for this season? Thanks. :)
Jennifer J - I believe I've read that there's two to go.
Magic Pants Jones said...
I really liked the use of Bauhaus, She Wants Revenge, and Daniel Ash music in a vampire-ish plot. I thought it was a nice touch.
purpletoonlink said...
@Jennifer J.
Josh is right, there's one episode next week, and then the season finale the week after, taking us up to only 20 episodes. I'd hoped we'd have more, or at least a two-hour finale.
ED said...
I found, "I'm looking for someone with syphillis" at the night club to be a pretty outstanding line too.
"Trout!"
re: Nightclub line -- They could have have done better with "I'm looking for someone who is really hot"
Agreed. Those two lines, and the fact that Walter had a Clapper made the episode for me.
I thought they did a good job faking us with "Bob" in the beginning as the predator.He was a predator, just a different type :-)
I knew the ep was effective when the MotW chick wound up in my dreams last night. It's been a while since that happened! Too bad Walter wasn't there saying off-the-wall things to balance it out.
10:13 PM, April 29, 2009
Another strong episode. Walter moments are what make this show.
Thanks Josh and purpletoonlink. :)
Joe Cobb said...
along with the great one liners... the exchange between Olivia and Broyles about the attorney was a nice twist on the 'who's really in charge' game.
Have these people never watched a TV show? Tranquilized monster-person in back seat, dismissed by Our Heroes with "She'll be out for hours," cute banter in front seat from Our Heroes... never would have seen it coming that the monster-person would WAKE UP and ATTACK!
Enjoyed the episode, enjoyed the opportunity to watch Jefferson Mays, but come on, if I can guess ahead of time, surely Our Heroes could as well. (For some reason I knew ahead of time also that the Big Bad at the beginning would be the woman, not the man - probably from lots of experience trying to figure out the red herrings at the start of most House episodes.)
Greg Leslie said...
I noticed several inconsistencies between the closed captioning and the off-camera dialog, as if the show got "punched-up" a bit, late in the game. Walter's comment about the mouthwash, for example.
Rx said...
I love Walter. I love the idea of him mixing up a batch of DMT in the off-hours. "Agent Dunham, are you tripping?" Best line from the series?
Redsmom said...
At the end of the episode, for me, Olivia was sayingsomething like "the name of the man is" and then it cut off and the news started. Was that the end?
Tiana said...
At the end of the episode, for me, Olivia was sayingsomething like "the name of the man is" and then it cut off and the news started. Was that the end?William Bell
Thanks, Tiana. I thought maybe they were trying for a cliff hanger or something. LOL.
I forgot to mention that my husband and I loved that the beginning music was "Bela Lugosi's Dead" By Bauhaus. It fit perfectly. :)
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Feb 27 President Donald Trump Proposes a 'Historic' $54 Billion Increase in Defense
Vanessa Peng
President Trump is seeking what he calls a "historic" $54 billion in defense spending and deep cuts elsewhere, in his budget proposal for 2018 -- fulfilling a campaign promise. That's about a 10% increase.
Speaking at a meeting of the National Governors Association, Trump called it a "public safety and national security budget."
Reuters reports officials said the defense increase would be financed in part by cuts to the State Department, Environmental Protection Agency and other non-defense programs, which includes reduction in foreign aid.
Fox News reports an administration official said the plan won't make significant changes to Social Security or Medicare.
Trump says America doesn't win wars anymore and that needs to change.
The budget proposal will be submitted to Congress next month.
Feb 27 WHO Publishes List of 12 Deadliest Bacteria
Feb 27 Father of Fallen Navy SEAL Wants Investigation of Raid that Killed Son
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Piss Gate triggers mainland campaign calling for children to pee in Hong Kong’s streets
by Shanghaiist
An online campaign has been launched calling for mainland parents to take their kiddies to Hong Kong next week so that they can pee all over the streets and ‘familiarize’ locals with the act, and we’re optimistically predicting that it could only end well.
The campaign comes as a response a video that blew up on social media earlier this week showing a family of mainland tourists allowing their child to relieve his bladder on the streets while visiting Hong Kong.
The incident received probably too much traction on social media and even spawned a “bladder wars” poll on Sina asking mainland users how they feel about kids peeing on the streets (most felt pretty good about it).
People’s Daily wrote responded to the video, SCMP relays, urging the need for “mutual civilization and understanding” between tourists and Hongkongers, adding that with 30 million mainlanders visiting Hong Kong per year, it’s understandable that some tourists “would not act up to modern standards”.
“Those locals cannot face the fact that the difference between the pace of development of Hong Kong and mainland coastal cities is rapidly diminishing… their attitudes have been distorted, losing patience towards the mainland Chinese,” the paper said.
Now, one mainland resident wants to start a toilet revolution.
“Bring children to Hong Kong and let them urinate in Hong Kong’s streets. Let’s see who will come and take photos. They will see it as natural after they have been familiarized with the act,” a user named Haijiao No68 wrote on the forum Tianya.
According to the Post, the couple featured in the video were arrested on suspicion of of theft and assault following the incident, although she was bailed out shortly after and he was released unconditionally.
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Our final day & we took a 7 1/2 hour Alaskan Train ride from Denali National Park to Anchorage. Our travelers loved the experience of riding leisurely on a train through what has to be the most beautiful scenery in North America. Once again the weather was at its usual fickleness, departing in sun and about 70 degrees only to drop about 10 degrees with clouds moving in even before we left Denali. On the ride the weather went from sunny & clear to cloudy to rain and back to sunny conditions.
Karen and Tom
8 hours to Anchorage
Sunny train ride to Anchorage
On the way we saw Mt McKinley, a very rare happening we were told. That made it twice we saw it (once from Anchorage as noted in a previous blog report) which put us in the 30% Club. Visitors usually can only see Mt McKinley about 30% of the time and we saw it twice, a very rare occurrence indeed! We were fortunate that when it was time to see and photograph Mt McKinley, the sun was bright allowing for some great pictures of this "hide & seek" mountain.
Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America. South peak on left and north peak on right.
Mt McKinley is the tallest mountain in North America and with its height and ice/snow top actually creates its own weather in the form of clouds and fog. Locals say it can be seen clearly and within 10 minutes be shielded by its own generated clouds.
After this exciting time of our trip, Wayne's camera was retired for the first time in 11 days for a well deserved rest. With Mt McKinley being that rare exception, we can say that no single part of Alaska is more beautiful than another, and if it is, it is due only to the "eyes of the beholder". From Ketchikan to Skagway to the Hubbard Glacier on to Anchorage and then to Denali, it was almost impossible to snap a picture wirhout saying to yourself, "That's the best one!", only to take another just as beautiful. A wilderness Alaska may be, but it's a wilderness of depth, beauty and wonder. We're already looking for a return tour next June so mark those calendars!
Denali National Park, Alaska
This morning our group took part in various optional excursions in the park. Tom & Karen took a jet boat on a river, saw only a beaver but also panned for gold. Judy & Shirley took a helicopter ride to see Denali from above and had sunny weather to boot. They flew into a few snow flakes while flying high and low over the park. Judy said it was the highlight of her trip while Shirley said it was a highlight of her trip, since the trip wasn't over yet. Ray, Kathie & her brother-in-law went white-water river rafting in category 4 rapids and said they loved it. Wayne, Valerie and the Peterson's went to the Visitors Center at different times but all enjoyed it immensely. They had a great cafe, an 18 minute video on the park and a very nice historical display along with full size moose, bear and other animals and birds on display. Valerie & Wayne went on a Ranger-led botany hiking tour of about 1-1/2 miles which they found very informative and fun.
While waiting for their hike to begin, Valerie & Wayne talked to a couple that used to live in Connecticut and for the last 10 years have lived in Fairbanks. We asked about the cold winters but they only shrugged it off by saying they love it and shared that they were in Maine and found the weather to be colder "feeling" than Alaska. They also said that schools don't have indoor recess until the temperature hits -20 degrees, but for the primary children it's -15! When asked if they encounter bears, they shared they don't have many bears in their area but do have moose in their yard. We came away realizing it's a different and beautiful state and find it hard to believe it is part of the U.S. but conversations such as this opens up a new perspective and image of our neighbors in our 49th state.
This afternoon we took a 6-1/2 hour bus trip into the heart of Deneli National Park. We saw Caribou, Dall sheep and the highlight, a grizzly bear. In fact we saw the bear on the way in and on the way back. The first time it was over 600 yards off but on the return it was right on the side of the road, completely oblivious of our bus and another bus stopped to observe it.
The ride was quite interesting to say the least. The road is 1-1/2 lanes wide so passing other buses on the trip was interesting, especially when going through a pass with severe drop-offs without guard rails (as if they would stop a bus). However, experienced drivers traversed the situations with coolness and experience and I'm proof of this as I write this at 11:13 p.m. in full sunlight no less.
We were told the trip would be taken in a school bus driven on dirt roads and immediately everybody had visions of their elementary school days riding on the good old yellow bus. Well, they were school buses...but with padded seats and more comfort with more room than the yellow buses and very comfortable. We had several potty and stretch breaks and the time went by more quickly than we thought it would.
We found this tidbit interesting: Caribou really don't like to fight during the weeks before mating season. Instead they sort of strut around sizing each other up. This begins about 3 weeks before the actual mating begins. Sometimes a bull can bluff a rival into submission by using their wide antlers to shred a Willow bush as a show of strength. Sometimes they simply lock horns and push by butting heads and the one being pushed back realizes the other is his superior. However some times they need to fight it out and it may take over an hour before one leaves in defeat. In this manner, when mating season begins, the pecking order has been decided with the least amount of conflict.
The day ended with tired yet fulfilled and satisfied travelers hitting the sack with the thought of checking out of the Chalet we're staying at and departing Deneli tomorrow. We'll be taking the much talked about "Alaskan Train" to Anchorage as our final day comes to a close in Alaska and what a way to finish our trip.
We will continue the blog with what transpires on the train and we hope we'll see much Alaskan wildlife on our last day.
Anchorage, Wasilla & Denali National Park
We departed Anchorage this a.m. but only after a short visit to the world's largest & most active Float Plane water runway in the world. There are such few roads in Alaska that it is easier and faster to use float planes. There are thousands of small runways and waterways for planes to land all over Alaska, including back roads. Only about 20% of Alaska is reachable by roads so planes rule. In the winter float planes exchange floats for ski runners to land on snow & ice. Same for planes with wheels. Swap for ski runners and you're ready to land, even without the need for an airport.
Anchorage, Alaska has the largest Float Plane airport in the world. The water is their runway!
We traveled north towards Denali National Park but first stopped and learned about the Iditarod dog sled race held annually. The race is 1,049 miles long across some of the most brutal snow and weather conditions in Alaska. Sleds with 16 dogs make this trek in about 10 days. The history of the Iditarod began with a diphtheria attack in Nome, Alaska back in 1925. It occurred in winter so only dog sleds could get the needed serum to Nome. They did it and saved the village. In 1968, with the advent of more and more railroads, it was feared they would overshadow the dog sled and their importance. The people decided to hold the first overland dog sled race to draw attention to the value of dog sleds. The first was called the Serum Race and would cover the 1,049 miles ending in Nome. The ceremonial start of the race is in Anchorage with the actual race starting in Fairbanks. It was renamed Iditarod and continues to this very day. Women won 4 races and it created the slogan that "Alaska is for real men but the women win the Iditarod."
Wasilla, AK, where the famous dog sled race, the Iditarod, runs through.
Ray, Liz, Tom and Karen finishing a ¼ mile loop with the dog sled on wheels.
Two dogs from Valerie and Wayne's dog sled team. We just love this picture!
Wayne & Valerie about to begin ¼ mile dog sled run in Wasilla. Eager team ready to run and run and run.
Our team is quickly reaching the finish line…as a team pulling together!
On the way to Denali Park we traveled a long flat stretch called Brown Pass. The road we were on is actually the Continental Divide. Water on one side flows south while on the other side it flows north!
Lunch break!
Ray, Liz, Valerie, Wayne, Karen and Tom with mountain range from Denali National Park in background
Inside Denali National Park...can you imagine size of
caribou?
Bus to visitor center Denali Park going on a one hour walk with ranger
Someday travelers ready for adventers
Tomorrow we take "school buses" into the heart of Denali Park for a 6-8 hour ride in search of wildlife sightings, but also to enjoy the natural beauty of the park. Thank you for continuing to follow us on our Alaskan Cruise & Land Adventure!
We landed in Seward after a rather bumpy ride across the Gulf of Alaska. In fact the rougher waters started the evening of June 14 and continued throughout the night. Not bad, but would think the waves were in 8-10’ range, probably less. Following disembarking in Seward we all loaded into our bus after meeting our guide MJ and our driver, Frank. We toured Seward then went to the Alaska Sea Life Center on Resurrection Bay. Fascinating, especially with the identifying of all the species that were still recovering from the Valdez Oil Spill back in 1999.
Our guide, MJ, and Valerie
MJ explained that people come to Alaska for its natural beauty and not for 5-star hotels, etc. The majestic beauty was everywhere but she continued to remind us of why people come to Alaska. Our first stop along the highway to Anchorage was for a potty break and immediately we knew what MJ was speaking about…the Way Stop had a Porta Potty (called a PortaCan in Alaska) and an outhouse similar to what you would find in one of our parks. The refreshments and beverages were sold out of a trailer parked in the parking lot. Welcome to the real Alaska I guess! We continued to travel up Alaska Highway 1 traveling along side the Alaskan Railway and the Polk Inlet. Our next stop was at the Alaska Wildlife Center. I guess, if you don’t see the wildlife in their natural habitat, why not see them in enclosed areas. Much safer that way too. See the pictures but we saw Bison, brown bears, black bears, elk, moose, musk ox to name some but see the few pictures we sent.
What beautiful Musk Ox when they are small, but when they grow up???
Grown up Musk Ox
At least this baby moose doesn't scare me!
We stopped to eat along the way and ate reindeer chili and reindeer hotdogs (yes we actually did)! We were assured it was not Rudolph or one of the others in his bunch, though. We made it to Anchorage about 3:30 p.m., checked into our hotel, crashed for a couple of hours, and were up and at it again for a dinner at the Sourdough Mining Restaurant. Now this was an Alaska meal to remind you that you were in ALASKA! See the picture for more details. We ate such things as ribs, fritters, chicken, fries and topped it off with ice cream. We then went across the road to a gift shop that contained the world’s largest chocolate fountain. See the picture if you want to see this thing. While we couldn’t eat or dip into that chocolate fountain, they did have a fantastic array of chocolate selections plus a rather nice gift assortment, which some of our travelers indulged, weakened, then bought.
Almost all of our excellent travelers…what a group!
Anchorage dinner with PEO sisters
That Brown Bear could smell those ribs and fritters Valerie ate!
Liz and Valerie World's largest chocolate fountain
Shirley having Fun
Judy with her buddies
We got back to the hotel to relax and prepare for yet another exciting day. One deterrent to sleep
though (see, it is rather difficult to think of sleep, much less fall asleep) is when you see the sun about
“2 o’clock high” and it’s 8:30 p.m. I guess we don’t experience darkness here so need to pull our
blinds nice and tight to fake us southerner’s into thinking it is dark and bed time. Right now it is 9:40
p.m. and it is light outside. Ummm…my body says sleep, my eyes say “Why? It’s still light outside”.
Which one wins will determine how I feel tomorrow I guess.
Tomorrow it’s off to Denali State Park. We will be staying at the McKinley Chalet Resort with a
much anticipated trip into Denali National Park for a 6-7 hour bus trip into and around the park. We
hope to see much wildlife, but just in case we don’t….we still have our pictures.
We stay in Denali June 16 & 17, returning to Anchorage on the famous Alaskan Railway for an 8
hour ride, again hoping to see wildlife beyond our expectations…but if not, we still have our
pictures….but you’ve heard that before.
Hubbard Glacier
Picture of the Hubbard Glacier from off ship, about 1600 feet away.
Floating hunks of ice, ice bergs, from Hubbard Glacier.
Valerie, bundled, with Hubbard Glacier behind her. It was maybe 43 degrees.
Wayne golfing on board with the Hubbard Glacier in background…Radiance of the Seas
CAN LIFE GET BETTER? Golf on board with Hubbard Glacier in background
Resurrection Bay, Kenai Peninsula
There are two formal dinners on board the Radiance of the Sea. We all get dressed up and eat, have pictures taken, and just experience the “formality” of the evening. Enjoy the photos!
Left to right at our first formal dinner: Ray & Liz Dax, Karen & Tom Schuppe, Shirley Frieler, Judy Stevenson, Valerie and Wayne in the Cascade Dining Room on the Radiance of the Seas
Ray & Liz Dax dancing on formal night in the Centrum, center of the ship.
Shirley Frieler and Judy Stevenson
Skagway, Alaska
While others explored other excursions, Valerie & Wayne took a 3 1/2 hour train ride that followed the miner's trek on their way from Skagway to the Yukon in the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Tens of thousands of men & women flocked to Alaska during the depression going on in the US hoping to strike it rich. There were only two ways up the mountain on the way to the Yukon. It was 20.5 miles to the summit then another 580 miles from there. Miners had to have 2000 lbs of food/supplies to be allowed to go. Since they carried it all on their backs it took 9-10 trips up the White Pass, with corresponding numbers of trips down to get the rest of supplies.
The White Pass & Yukon Railway was built from May 1898 to Feb 1899 just to reach the summit and another 4 months to get to mine fields. It was built in weather that dropped to -40 degrees and through rocks, trees, granite and steep angles. While over 100,000 men & women headed north,, only about 30,000-40,000 made it to the gold fields of the Klondike. Only about 4000 found gold and only a few hundred became rich.
Enjoy the pictures of the railway that followed the path of those early miners trying to become rich.
Tomorrow we have a "float by" past the glaciers of Hubbard. We will be out of touch until Friday when we disembark in Seward, Alaska.
This is how pictures are taken from train cars…leaning outside for best shots even though with 1000’ drops.
Riding up Trail followed by miners in 1898 to Klondike Gold Rush. Ride and step out on back area of each rail car and take shots.
See us climb into the clouds...up in White Mountain Pass
Reminded me of the movie "The Polar Express"….conductor and all on the White Pass Railway train.
It is surely a long, long way down to bottom of railway.
Still many feet of snow at the summit…where Canada and US border occurs.
Deep snow left from plowing of tracks
Summit of White Pass Trail signified by US and Canadian flags. 20.4 miles up hill all the way.
On a train White Pass Railway
Mountains Deadhorse Trail
On the train ride Yukon White horse Pass
Top summit with flags of Canada and U S
Valerie & Wayne outside the RR car on the ride up the White Pass Railway - Skagway
We are all in Juneau, the Capital of Alaska and having a ball. Everyone went off on various excursions and "someday" others will share what they have done on their time. We are sitting in the famous Red Dog Saloon with sawdust floors and the "Red Ladies of Juneau", etc. Tom & Karen joined us for a light snack and the place is hopping with singing and jovial attendees.
Our day began with a trip to the famous Mendelhall Glacier. Pictures are the best way to describe it so enjoy the photos below. We hiked the trails taking pictures and were joined by Ray & Liz Dax.
Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau's Tongass National Forest
Afterwards we went to a salmon hatchery. In the early period of Alaska salmon was almost extinct when a high school teacher did an experiment. He took 200 eggs which when incubated were released into the wild. The majority returned to their birthing place, as is their instinct, and today this independent hatchery raises over...prepare yourself...over 150,000,000 each year!
Following the hatchery we took the Mt. Roberts Mountain via the tram. 3000 ft above sea level. Wonderful view, great eating and nature center. The walking paths were closed and do you know why? They were snow covered! Roughly 3' high, plus conditions which favored avalanches. I even threw a snowball at Valerie!
Yup! That's snow...
We did something on my Bucket List...panning for gold...flakes that is! The Peterson family, all 6, were on the same trip. We were guaranteed to find (panning) gold and keep what we found. We all took home golf flakes for our "memories". I have a new appreciation for the work it takes. I managed about 9 flakes and Valerie about 5. Now valued at .25 so we didn't recoup our excursion price but the memories will be priceless.
Wayne panning for gold
The Peterson family panning for gold
Well, the Red Dog Saloon is closing down...just kidding, it's only 5 p.m. Alaska time. Tomorrow is Skagway. Until then, enjoy some additional photos from our time in Juneau today.
View from the Red Dog Saloon
Wayne finally found a bear!
Our ship from above
We are currently docked in Icy Strait Point, Alaska. This port of call has only been in existance since 2006 so it is truly "Alaska". It is the home of the Hoonah people and is wonderfully quaint, but it is learning how to offer cruise ship travelers opportunities to explore and experience fun and excitement. For example, it is already the home of the U.S.'s longest free standing Zip Line. It's over 6000' in length and rider's reach a speed of over 60 mph on their magical ride. Of course, not being lovers of "magic", we all declined such a thrill trading it for Whale Watching, Bear Watching, seeing a Glacier Garden and local tribal dancing, etc. We're here for 9 hours, plus being so small with no deep harbor for docking, we enjoyed being taken to and from the ship in Tenders (small boats which each hold 120 passengers) and if never experienced, added to the adventure.
We had to take tenders (small boats) to shore at Icy Strait Point
On shore with Radiance of the Seas in background and tenders we used to get ashore.
Valerie & I took both the Whale and Bear watching trips, about 5 hrs for both. While we were skunked on the bear exhibition (we did see a bear carved out of a tree trunk though!), we had a breathtaking walk thru the woods and streams with an excellent local native guide. It was a neat experience with the guide in front, a second bringing up the rear to keep straglers from falling behind while also being in radio contact with another person with the rifle! Come to think of it, maybe a 6000' zip line free fall wasn't such a bad idea. Really, it is extremely safe and we had fun.
We weren't skunked out in seeing Hump back whales, seeing about 10...well, seeing their water spouts or back and the majestic 15' wide tails as they used them to propel themselves down to deeper water to feed on herring. While they only stayed down 8-10 minutes, they can remain submerged for over an hour. I got some "questionable" pics but met a skilled photographer who said he'd send us a few pictures. It was quite windy and cold, 50ish and maybe 30 mph winds, but the inside was warm. Still, it is a recommended trip for anyone going to Alaska.
Opps, I almost forgot an interesting tidbit. Icy Strait Point has a population of 760 people and a population of over 3500 bears (that's about 5 people for each bear!). Now we know why we had a guy with a gun on our trail! Our guide did share that on one walking tour they saw 13 bears in the stream below the trail. In fact the "trail guide" that followed us today said that while waiting for us at the beginning of trail (about 3 miles outside village) a mother Brown bear and a cub walked out of the woods carefree as can be right off the trail itself. He said, "And me without a rifle so I just stood there and let them pass".
Shirley Frieler shared that today (Monday) when she got back on ship she was stopped at the security check (they have security checks just like the airport does). Well, she emptied her pockets, placed her bag and purse on the conveyor and walked through the security scanner. It beeped. She said she had nothing in her pockets so she tried again. Beep! She emptied her pockets and found a brownie she had purchased on shore! Sure enough the brownie was causing the beep. They let her keep it, she ate it and now we're waiting for the "glow" to show. So far she says she is ok.
More updates to follow after Juneau on Tuesday and Skagway on Wednesday. On Thursday it's floating around and past Hubbard Glacier before we dock at Seward to begin our 5 day land adventure.
Valerie & I are sitting in a tiny eating establishment in Ketchikan, Alaska sending this blog. We've delayed sending any blogs from the ship since internet fees on board are outrageous. Travelers have opted for varied on shore excursions and we hope to have comments from some in the next blog message. Valerie & I walked the city and saw the Herritage Totem Pole Center, Fish Hatchery and the live eagles on display. We hope to see the Lumberjack show b4 returning to ship.
Cruising is not unlike a floating city of entertainment. We departed Chicago for Vancouver Friday and after the usual "boarding procedure", we boarded the Radiance of the Seas (Royal Caribbean Cruise lines). It is a fantastic ship, refurbished in Oct 2010 and we see why they are the top rated cruise line 9 of last 10 years. Let's share a bit of our "roughing it" on board. We have available for our convenience 2 pools, a jogging path, BB court, movie theater, rock climbing, floor shows with many other top entertainment in various sites on ship along with chances to dance or simply watch; 9-10 restaurants, a casino, contests of every kind like Texas Hold-em, art auctions, gift shops and more and more. Yes, a virtual self-contained floating entertainment center!
Our ship is carrying about 2200 passengers, is 50 ton and is a smaller vessal. It gets dark around 10 p.m. and as we move north it'll be light until around midnight we're told.
Our cruise ship, Radiance of the Seas (Royal Caribbean Cruise line)
Outside pool on the Radiance of the Seas
Valerie on steps in the Cascade Dining room
Our travelers all have My-Time dining which means we eat on "our time" and is a sit down meal with exquisite menu options, all included in the tour.
Tom and Karen at dinner
Ray and Liz at dinner
Shirley and Judy at dinner
Some fun facts about Alaska: it rains about 300 days of the year and they get about 12 1/2 ' of rain each year. Also, instead of airports of cement they have seaplane airports of water with planes taking off and landing right next to the ships! Neat to see.
Tomorrow we'll be in Icy Strait Point Alaska for whale watching and other adventures...until our next message, take care!
We are in Chicago waiting for our flight tomorow to Vancouver. All 14 of us arrived safely. Rather than leave Fond du Lac at 2:30 a.m. we're spending the night near O'Hare. We depart for our destination at 8:14 a.m. which means we are leaving the hotel around 5:30 a.m.
The best part of our journey today was the dinner we experienced tonight as a group. Great community, great food and great connections!
We will have inconsistent blogs during this trip since we can only access the site while on shore at our Port of Calls. Our first stop, obviously, is Vancouver where we will board The Radiance of the Seas with an overnight trip to the Inner Passage. First stop: Ketchikan!
"We are off to Alaska"! With a great group of travelers...actually we leave Thursday at 1:00 p.m. from Fond du Lac to a hotel near O'Hare Airport. Our shuttle takes us to the airport on Friday at 5:00 a.m.!!!!
Our suitcases are packed and weighed (no embarrassing airport moments of handing off shoes to lighten the load this time!). We are loaded down with our binoculars, cameras, laptop to write the blog, our Nooks to read from, swimsuits and turtlenecks if it is cold.
So why are we leaving beautiful, warm Wisconsin and wearing layers, gloves, scarf and hat plus rain gear for the next ten days and wool socks? TO see the icebergs of course....ummm this is so not me (Valerie) as I thrive in heat. I may be the only one inside as everyone else is out on the deck watching the ice float by....I will keep you posted!
Be well, enjoy the warm weather and we will send photos and write when ever we are off the ship.
"Making Someday Travel Dreams Come True"
Valerie and Wayne Graczyk
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Internally, however, the company viewed it more as a high-end speaker, focusing on sound quality rather than Siri's capabilities.
During the HomePod's first three months in the market it managed to claw itself a 10% stake of the sales, trailing behind Google's 14%.
Apple has cut orders for its new HomePod smart speaker from suppliers following disappointing sales.
It may be the richest company in the world on the back of huge success in the phone and personal computing world, but competing with the advanced AI platforms Alexa and Google Assistant have grown to become and their sheer range of products they have released to date isn't going well for Apple.
Apple shares were up as much as 1.4 percent Thursday morning, at $174.79 at 11:20 a.m.
The report cites revised analyst predictions of seven million HomePod sales this year, roughly one-fourth Amazon's Echo sales and less than a half of Google Home sales.
Tepid HomePod sales suggest that consumers simply don't care about a premium acoustic experience, or at the very least, are unwilling to pay almost four times as much for a great sounding speaker that can carry out fewer tasks than rival devices. The same thing can also be said about the HomePod, and perhaps a cheaper variant of the smart speaker that could be dropping in later this year might be a catalyst that Apple desperately requires. Two months after its commercial launch, the Homepod can still not be paired for stereo listening or multi-room audio.
Was Apple simply too late to the party?
In short, as we noted in our review, Apple's HomePod is an iPhone accessory more than it is a standalone speaker, and requires a higher level of commitment to Apple's products and services than any other product we've yet encountered, making it arguably a niche product right out of the gate.
Apple designed the HomePod to be disassembled and repaired. but only to a certain point. Those figures pale in comparison to Amazon and Google's forecasts: Amazon is forecasted to sell 29 million and 39 million Echos in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Adding some as-yet-undefined feature (beyond better sound) that helps differentiate HomePod.
The HomePod will nearly certainly improve.
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COURT OVERTURNS CONVICTION
Quebec man must remain in Cuba
12 JUL 2018: The wife of a Quebec man who was sentenced to four years in a Cuban jail following a boating accident that killed a fellow tourist says her husband's conviction has been overturned. But Kahina Bensaadi says Cuban authorities are still refusing to allow her husband to return home while the case is reinvestigated.
Toufik Benhamiche, 47, was driving a small boat as part of a tourist excursion in July 2017 in Cayo Coco when it veered out of control and fatally struck a woman from Ontario.
Bensaadi says Cuba's highest court found flaws in a lower court's handling of the case and reversed all its decisions, including Benhamiche's conviction on a charge of criminal negligence causing death.
Now Bensaadi is calling on Canadian immigration officials to help allow her husband to return home while Cuban authorities decide whether to bring new charges.
The family has also filed a lawsuit in Canada against travel company Sunwing, alleging Benhamiche was given little instruction on how to operate the craft and was assured it was easy to use and by no means dangerous.
At the time of the accident Sunwing said in a statement, "We can that confirm that our destination representatives in Cuba provided ongoing assistance and practical support to both families affected by the tragic boating incident that occurred on July 7, 2017. The fatal accident took place during the boat adventure tour that forms part of the island’s Jeep On excursion that includes both a Jeep safari and a boat tour. (As a tour operator, Sunwing Vacations does not own, manage or operate local excursions.
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The 'Americans Getting Shot' Thread
Thread: The 'Americans Getting Shot' Thread
Dislocated Member
Today @ 12:04 AM
Have we got one of these threads already, well if not.. here we go
Shootings in America are so common that they barely make the news anymore, but we all love a story about how Americans and their passion for guns is such an inevitable combination for carnage and downright stupidity. It makes us feel better about our own lives, as dysfunctional as your life may be, you probably won't get shot anytime soon.
How about this one.. A black guy calls the cops to his own house, and the cops shoot his dog, of course, then shoot him and arrest him before he dies. But the black guy wasn't a ghetto retard, so Newscorp couldn't dig the dirt on him for the daily hate... just not news worthy. Sorry black dude, you didn't fit the profile.
Kevin Davis and his girlfriend, April Edwards, lived on the outskirts of Decatur, GA, a predominantlyblack community just outside Atlanta. Davis, 44, was a longtime employee at Sawicki’s, a sandwich shop located in the more affluent downtown area of Decatur, where Edwards also worked. By all accounts, he was kind-hearted, generous, never late, and a visible contributor to his relatively small community of family, friends and colleagues. It was this very kindness which prompted him to invite Terrance Hilyard, 47, a co-worker in a rough spell, to stay with him and Edwards at their one-bedroom apartment.
Kevin Davis (right) with family.
On Dec. 29, 2014, Hilyard and April Edwards got into an altercation, which quickly escalated. Hilyard stabbed Edwards with a kitchen knife and fled the scene. Davis promptly called 911 for help. DeKalb County Police were dispatched, and Officer Joseph Pitts was first to arrive on scene. Per three witness accounts, Officer Pitts did not announce his arrival or identify himself.
He entered the home to find the couple’s three-legged dog, Tooter, whom he shot and killed. Upon hearing shots, Davis became alarmed that his girlfriend’s assailant might have returned with a gun. He retrieved his own gun, proceeded to the front room of his home and was shot twice by Officer Pitts.
Both Edwards and neighbors on the scene claim they did not hear Officer Pitts order Davis to put down his weapon before hearing gunshots. Police have stated that Davis was told to drop his firearm, and refused to do so. After the shooting, Edwards came out, saying, “What have you done? Why did you shoot him?”
A second officer arrived on the scene. Davis, prone, said he was unable to feel his legs. He was arrested, charged with aggravated assault of a police officer, and transferred to Grady Hospital in downtown Atlanta in police custody.
The family has said they were repeatedly blocked from seeing Davis until they were notified, without condolences, that he had “expired.”
Well of course cops are under pressure and shit happens right.. especially when confronted by a three legged dog, you got to take affirmative action. I mean what to do when feeling threatened, like this 17 year old psycho bitch going into a police brandishing a weapon, she's literally begging to be gunned down by multiple law enforcement officers right..?
On Friday, January 23, 17-year-old student Kristiana Coignard walked into her local police department, picked up a telephone, and asked to speak to an officer. Sometime after that she pulled "a weapon" and was shot and killed by three police officers.
For three days, that's pretty much all the police have said. Refusing to say what type of weapon she brandished, the inference was that it was so lethal a weapon that it must've been a gun or a stick of dynamite or hand grenade, but Longview Mayor Jay Dean just revealed that it wasn't a gun at all, but a knife.
In an article on Think Progress, it was revealed that Kristiana was struggling mightily with mental illness.
Coignard was living in Longview with her Aunt, Heather Robertson. In an interview with ThinkProgress, Robertson raised questions about the circumstances of Coignard’s death. “I think it was a cry for help. I think they could have done something. They are grown men. I think there is something they are not telling us.”Robertson said that her niece had been struggling with mental illness, including depression and bipolar disorder, since her mother died when she was four. She had been hospitalized twice in recent years after suicide attempts. One time, she tried to hang herself. Another time, she drank toilet bowl cleaner. Since arriving in Longview in December, Coignard had been taking medication and regularly seeing a therapist. She had no criminal record and “was only violent with herself, ” Robertson said.
It's hard to believe, no matter what the circumstance, that the only option available to the Longview police department was to shoot Kristiana over and over again.
She was mentally ill and she had a knife, she could have harmed herself... it was a tough call, but it's the police's job to serve and protect. And just what are they putting in baby formula these days?, first we had a kiddie pulling the trigger on a gun and killing his mum in Walmart cos she would buy him more sweeties and now we have another pulling a pistol and shooting his mum and dad, quicker than you can say parmesan stuffed crust, cos he wanted Domino's and they were gonna order Papa John's.
A 3-year-old boy reaching for an iPad in his mother’s purse ended up pulling out a handgun, and shot both his father and pregnant mother at an Albuquerque motel on Saturday
A single bullet hit the boy’s father, Justin Reynolds, in the buttocks, then exited through his hip and hit the boy’s mother, Monique Villescas, in the right shoulder. Villescas’ 2-year-old daughter was sitting next to her at the time of the shooting but was unharmed.
The Albuquerque Police Department believes the shooting was an accident but are reportedly waiting to interview the boy and the 2-year-old girl before determining if anyone needs to be charged.
Reynolds and Villescas were getting ready to order pizza before being shot.
You'd wanna be a fly on the wall in that interview room huh..?
We'll be back very soon with more 'Americans Getting Shot'
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Originally Posted by Neo
Kristiana Coignard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21WqaDzztGk
In the 3 1/2 minutes the donut muncher was trying to subdue the tiny teen he never thought of cuffing her then? Then three brave cops shoot her (you can see the path of the bullet exiting her dragging the shattered pieces of her vital organs with it by the way.
Donut Muncher 1 is 100% responsible for her death.
misskit
Shootings rarely make national news. They are still a big deal locally. To get an idea of who got shot and why, you need to keep up with the local newspapers crime page.
Two newspapers reporting shootings daily are:
The Atlanta Journal Atlanta Crime, Courts and Personal Security | Main Page AJC | www.ajc.com
and the Baltimore Sun Baltimore Crime Beat | Police and court news from the Baltimore, the suburbs and beyond - Baltimore Sun
Just the tip of the iceberg.
rickschoppers
What is the fascination with shootings in America? Does everyone not have anything better to debate or is it that so many enjoy bashing the US?
To fully understand firearm ownership in America, one needs to be born in that country and grow up in that environment before understanding the meaning of right to own a firearm. How many here are American nationals that have lived in places like Los Angeles, Chicago or even Washinton DC. Until you have met these essential requirements, talking about shootings in America is like having a layperson discussing brain surgery.
If you are American and have lived in an environment of US gun control, then I would think your opinion is worth listening to. If you are from another country and know fuck all about being a US citizen, then you need to stick to topics you may actually have some knowledge of.
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thaimeme
Originally Posted by rickschoppers
To fully understand firearm ownership in America, one needs to be born in that country and grow up in that environment before understanding the meaning of right to own a firearm. How many here are American nationals that have lived in places like Los Angeles, Chicago or even Washinton DC. Until you have met these essential requirements, talking about shootings in America is like having a layperson discuss brain surgery.
Nothing wrong with a little critique where it rightfully belongs....
It it's bashing, so be it.
Suspicions should be high towards those whom plead apologetic with little or no defences.
Understood, but the anti-American sentiment does get a little old after reading so much of it. If everyone enjoys doing this, maybe we should pick others homelands to discuss like England, Scotland, Wales, Canada or even Australia.
There does seem to be a pecking order here since so many are from the UK. Why dont we discuss why any country would have a queen in todays world when she is basically ineffective and spending a fair amount of the tax payers money?
True, I am not a citizen of the UK and may not possess the knowledge to understand monarchy, but then again how many out there truely understand gun ownership in the US?
There does seem to be a pecking order here since so many are from the UK. Why dont we discuss why any country would have a queen in todays world when she is basically inefective and spending a fair amount of the tax payers money?
There is already a natural picking order throughout this forum.
And it's not European/Western.
I would be interested in hearing more about that unless you are only referring to the mods.
Why dont we discuss why any country would have a queen in todays world when she is basically ineffective and spending a fair amount of the tax payers money?
You start a thread about the Queen and we'll come and join in... probably
this thread is about 'Americans Getting Shot'
Yes, again a thread that most know very little about.
bearbait
I'm with you Rick. Oh, & I was an FFL holder for 6 years. I know a bit of what I speak. Don't let the paddywhackery Limeys get ya down.
No problem bearbait. It is too bad those in the UK have allowed the governments tactic to work of programing all citizens to be anti-gun.
Don't shoot the messenger Rick, but in the UK we don't need three police officers with guns to shoot dead a 17 year old girl with a knife, in fact we can arrest actual dangerous criminals without using guns and without killing anyone.
Carterone
I don't want gun controls in America. I want them to carry on shooting and killing themselves as slowly it's raising the Worlds IQ. In fact let's give them bigger more powerful weapons and let's speed up the process ;-)
Necron99
Lord of Swine
Nahkon Sawon
It could be said Rick, that having been raised in an extreme gun culture Americans, much like those indoctrinated into religions from an early age, are incapable of discussing the issue objectively.
"You aren't American, you can never understand" sounds suspiciously like "Unless you accept Jesus, you will not understand".
Yes but the British cops aren't cowardly chickenshits.
That should be the next thread.
PeeCoffee
we have a problem in america (an opinion)
We have many problems in America.
Medical coverage for all Americans, a disproportinate distribution of wealth , gun control , PTSD, affordable universities, welfare reform, sensible drug policies, political lobbying , police professionalism and racial inequality.
Race is one place a layman can start because in America we haven't fully addressed the race card.
The UK is white 87% , 7% asian and 3% black (mostly carib).
America is white 63%, 13% black, 17% hispanic and 7% asian or other.
Out of 320 million citizens (reported - not including unreported aliens residing in America) more than 118 million American citizens are not white...more than the entire population of England.
It has been less than 50 years since America was desegregated by Federal Court actions...less than fifty years to address all the previous 200 plus years of slavery (sharecropping), social segregation, an undercurrent of hate and prejudice.
I won't hold self-righteous England responsible for America's problem when it comes to race though ones history could readily make the case in colonial America and would remind us of England's fair hand in the slavery trade providing low-cost cotton labourers to provide raw commodities for its own Industrial Revolution mills (1760 - 1840).
It's my opinion that until America comes to real terms with its own racial identity instead of upholding the disguise of bringing democratic equality to the international community of fairly monogamous racial nations we can expect the gunfire to continue in communities throughout America.
Now the facts in America (annually) :
- 2.83 people per 100,000 are killed by guns ruled as homicide.
- 6.3 / 100,000 kill themselves by suicide utilizing a gun. (More than double those killed by homicide !)
- .30 / 100,000 are ruled unintentional death by gun.
> 11.6 people per 100,000 die by road fatalities annually.
Agreed, America does have a gun control problem...one of many problems. (An opinion - mine.)
bsnub
Originally Posted by Koojo
British cops aren't cowardly chickenshits.
Yes we know. The British are the toughest, smartest master race on the planet.
Davis Knowlton
Philippine Expat
How many here are American nationals that have lived in places like Los Angeles, Chicago or even Washinton DC.
And I think American gun laws are beyond stupid.
To allow virtually any American adult without a felony conviction to walk the streets, prowl Walmart, or go grocery shopping while carrying a loaded, concealed handgun - which almost all will barely know how to use - is the height of idiocy.
I can't think of any other country in the world - or at least in what we claim to be the first/civilized world - that allows Bubba the Braindead the right to stick a .44 Magnum in his pants when he goes down to the local diner for his morning coffee.
It's simply a retarded set of laws.
Ozcol
Isaan
As you can see from my nic I grew up in Australia, From my early teens I always had access to a firearm and used to go out with my mates and go hunting , rabbits , foxes etc, in my late teens I got a job on a station (ranch to all you from the USofA) ,only a small one 3200 square miles.
At weekends my mate and I used to go out shooting roos, we only used a .22 semi auto rifle as we were both reasonable shots and could drop a roo from 50 metres with one shot 95% of the time, we used to take our carcases to a chiller on the property that a professional shooter had.
To cut a long story shorter, when having possession of a gun became almost impossible and roo shooting the same I began using a compound bow, by this time I had left the station and used to hunt pigs with the bow (not very successfully) but I still had a very illegal semi auto 12 guage shotgun with shortened barrel and pistol grip, which used to almost break both wrists when fired but was very effective against a wounded and charging pig.
After that background info, do I miss not having access to guns? No
Am I pleased my 3 boys don't have access to guns? Yes.
I was quite happy being able to go to a supermarket in Aus without having to worry about some 3 yo pulling a gun out of his mothers purse and firing a shot god knows where, there is a reason I have never been to America -- Guess what it is?
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
To allow virtually any American adult without a felony conviction to walk the streets, prowl Walmart, or go grocery shopping while carrying a loaded, concealed handgun
It is not those people that are responsible for most of the gun deaths in America. With the exception of maybe sticking the barrel in their own mouths and pulling the trigger.
Originally Posted by Ozcol
there is a reason I have never been to America -- Guess what it is?
If the reason is guns then you have become a victim of media sensationalism. I think that many of you who are not American fail to realize how big the country is. Most of America is very safe and the overwhelming majority of residents will never encounter gun violence in their lives.
I sure haven't and don't think anyone I know has either.
charleyboy
Cha-am.
^^ It's too far?
Just for the sake of balance, I might add that I have no objection to the legal ownership of guns - to be kept in the residence and used on a range or for hunting.
I don't hunt, but have no objections as long as it is done legally, and you are hunting for food, not trophies.
I grew up on a 100-acre tree farm in rural New Hampshire. There were always guns around. Rifles, shotguns, handguns. I learned to shoot, and firearm safety, at a very early age. I remember my grandfather yelling at me from his bathroom to bring him his rifle, and be quick about it. He dropped a 400 lb. bear that was smashing up his bee hives - one shot from the bathroom window.
It's the open or concealed carry part of it with which I have major issues. There is simply NO reason for the average citizen to feel the need for a concealed handgun. NONE.
Her's a rare pic of Granpa Knowlton as he went out to check the bear was done for...
It's the open or concealed carry part of it with which I have major issues. There is simply NO reason for the average citizen to feel the need for a concealed handgun.
Point taken and I hate open carry freaks they just make responsible gun owners look bad. That said lawful gun owners who chose to carry are responsible for almost none of the gun violence that happens in America.
I myself own firearms but choose not to carry as I do not see the need. America is frankly not very dangerous however I do support the rights of others to do so.
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Will running on hard surfaces increase my risk of injuries?
by Jean-Paul Marat · August 7, 2013
The conventional wisdom is deeply entrenched: constant pounding on hard surfaces will beat up your legs and lead to injury. But proving this has turned out to be remarkably tricky—in fact, a growing number of studies suggest that, despite our intuition, we’re able to automatically adjust our running stride so that hard and soft surfaces administer roughly the same shock to the body. Instead, researchers suspect that the crucial difference between running surfaces may be how smooth or uneven they are.
The surprising idea that your body can make adjustments for different running surfaces dates back to studies in the 1990s.
Scientists found that when they varied the stiffness of a running surface, runners adjusted the effective stiffness of their legs in the opposite direction—by bending their knees slightly more or less and by tensing their muscles—so that their total up-and-down motion remained perfectly constant.
In support of this notion, a 2002 study by Mark Tillman of the University of Florida, using force-sensing shoe inserts, found no difference in the in-shoe forces felt by runners on asphalt, concrete, grass, and a synthetic track. This result has been called into question by a 2010 Brazilian study that found 12 percent more pressure with each foot-strike when running on asphalt compared with grass. Still, even that difference is surprisingly small given the large difference in the softness of the two surfaces.
Forces and pressures are only part of the picture, though, Tillman cautions. For example, slight differences in knee angle as your leg adjusts to a different surface could theoretically translate into greater likelihood of injury on one surface compared with another. But the simple picture—harder surface leads to more pounding leads to injury—isn’t supported by the existing evidence.
It may be that our focus should be on how smooth the surface is rather than how hard it is, according to Stanford University biomechanics researcher Katherine Boyer. Flat, paved surfaces will result in every stride being almost identical, so your muscles, joints, and bones are stressed repeatedly in exactly the same way throughout the run.
That sets the stage for overuse injuries like shin splints, which typically occur when you try to increase your training too quickly. (The same factors would presumably be present on treadmills, though researchers have yet to investigate this.) On unpaved surfaces, in contrast, no two steps are the same, which provides slight variations in the impacts on your body. Too much unevenness, though, carries risks such as a turned ankle. “The key is to find the balance between stress and overstressing the system,” Boyer says.
So far, on-the-ground studies such as one from 2003 that followed 844 runners preparing for the Vancouver Sun Run 10K have failed to find any association between running surface and injury rate. That doesn’t mean no relationship exists, just that it’s more complicated than we initially suspected. One thing we do know is the principle of specificity: if you do all your training on one surface, your body may not be adequately prepared to run on other surfaces. So don’t prepare for a marathon by running only on grass, and don’t prepare for a backcountry trail race by running only on roads.
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Turnbull announces schools funding and a new Gonski review
May 2, 2017 5.05am EDT
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Malcolm Turnbull is trying to take some of the shine off Labor’s political advantage on education. Joel Carrett/AAP
The Turnbull government is seeking to seize the political initiative on schools, with a substantial funding injection and the appointment of David Gonski – who delivered the 2011 landmark schools report – to chair a “Gonski 2.0” review on how to improve the results of Australian students.
A day after announcing university students will pay more for their education, Turnbull unveiled an extra A$18.6 billion in funding to Australian schools over the next decade, including more than $2.2 billion in this budget for the first four years.
Turnbull said that, under the government’s plan, “every school will receive Commonwealth funding on a genuine needs basis”.
At a joint news conference with Turnbull and Education Minister Simon Birmingham, Gonski – who is a personal friend of Turnbull’s – said he was very pleased the government accepted the fundamental recommendations of the 2011 report, particularly the needs basis. The proposed injection of money was “substantial”, he said.
Turnbull and Birmingham said the plan would ensure all schools and states moved to an equal Commonwealth share of the Gonski-recommended Schooling Resource Standard in a decade. The federal government would meet a 20% share of the standard for government schools, up from 17% this year, and 80% for non-government schools (currently 77%).
Birmingham said 24 non-government schools stood to lose money (there would be some transition money for a couple of these schools with a large number of students with special needs). In addition, there are some 353 presently over-funded schools which will be worse-off under the plan than they would otherwise have been. Australia has more than 9,000 schools in total across the government, Catholic and independent sectors.
Pete Goss, the school education program director at the Grattan Institute, said: “We still need to understand all the details but the overall shape of the package is very encouraging.
"The minister has set a clear 10-year goal of getting every school funded consistently by the Commonwealth. The additional funding will help ease that transition.
"Some schools that have been on a great wicket for a long time will lose out – and so they should. This is a gutsy call and it is the right call.”
Goss said he understood there had been “an internal debate” in the government to arrive at this plan.
The announcement is a major and surprising turnaround for the government, which had previously planned more modest funding, and refused to embrace the final two years of Gonski.
But Turnbull was in full Gonski mode on Tuesday: “This reform will finally deliver on David Gonski’s vision, six years ago, after his landmark review of Australian school education,” he said.
Turnbull is trying to take some of the shine off Labor’s political advantage on education which, with health, was at the heart of its 2016 election campaign. Next week’s budget will attempt to neutralise some of the Coalition’s problems on health, which saw Labor run its “Mediscare” at the election.
Birmingham said that over the next four years there would be growth in Commonwealth funding of some 4.2% per student across Australia – “importantly, most of it geared into the government sector where need is greater and the gap to close in terms of Commonwealth share is larger”.
He said the government would legislate the decade-long program, and impose conditions to ensure states did not lower their funding. “We will be expecting states to at least maintain their real funding,” he said. “This is about real extra money to help Australian schools and students.”
What Turnbull dubbed the “Gonski 2.0” review will recommend on “the most effective teaching and learning strategies to reverse declining results, and seek to raise the performance of schools and students”.
It will advise on how the extra Commonwealth funding “should be used by Australian schools to improve student achievement and school performance”, Turnbull and Birmingham said in a statement.
The government flagged that the schooling money to the states would depend on their signing up to reforms that came out of the Gonski review.
Another member of the original Gonski panel, Ken Boston, will also be on the review, which will report to Turnbull in December.
The government says its new arrangements will replace the patchwork of agreements left by Labor.
But Bill Shorten said that “schools will be $22 billion worse off under Malcolm Turnbull than they would have been under Labor”.
Labor’s education spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek said this was “a smoke and mirrors, pea and thimble effort to hide the fact that instead of cutting $30 billion from schools over the decade, this government will cut $22 billion from schools over the decade”.
“The big picture here is that in the 2014 budget, Tony Abbott promised a $30 billion cut to our schools and in the 2017 budget, Malcolm Turnbull wants a big pat on the back for changing that cut to a $22 billion cut,” she said.
“A week out from the federal budget this is taking out the trash,” she said. “They want clear air on budget night.”
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Opposition leader Bill Shorten announces a new schools funding policy, which reaffirms Labor’s commitment to the Gonski reforms. Tracey Nearmy/AAP
Bill Shorten promises Labor would implement the full Gonski
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten visiting Mercy Catholic College in the northern Perth suburb of Koondoola on Monday. Rebecca Le May/AAP
Shorten targets principals in offensive against Turnbull on government schools
Labor has announced it would fully fund Gonski if it wins government. Lukas Coch/AAP
Labor has put Gonski back on the table, but should we be excited?
It’s not too often you see a backflip on a backflip, but education minister Christopher Pyne has managed it. AAP/Stefan Postles
From Gonski to gone to Gonski again: school funding future remains uncertain
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After Trojan Horse, why paying school governors is not a catch-all solution
Jacqueline Baxter, The Open University
The investigations into the Trojan Horse affair, where a group of schools in Birmingham were accused of failing to protect children from extremism, has provoked a number of criticisms centred on the way…
Who is monitoring Europe’s classrooms? Julian Stratenschulte/EPA
Lessons from Europe on how best to inspect schools
Jacqueline Baxter, The Open University and Melanie Ehren, UCL
The question about how to inspect UK schools has become a live political issue in recent months. As the fallout from the Trojan Horse affair over the protection of children from religious extremism in…
We must all learn to play La Marseillaise. Michel Euler/Pool
Across Europe’s schools, push for national values is infringing religious freedoms
Olivier Roy, European University Institute
The ongoing debate on radicalisation and schools in both the UK and France is missing an important point: we are still not agreed on exactly what religious radicalism is. The fact that the British secretary…
A full English. Is that British? ilgiovaneWalter
Promoting ‘British values’ opens up a can of worms for teachers
Uvanney Maylor, University of Bedfordshire
Following recent allegations of Muslim extremism in some Birmingham schools and Ofsted putting five of them in special measures, Michael Gove, the secretary of state for education announced that schools…
Trojan Horse: Snap school inspections will not solve wider governance issues
The long-awaited inspection reports on 21 schools in Birmingham accused of involvement in the “Trojan Horse” affair over alleged Islamic extremism, were released on June 9 to a hungry media. The affair…
Heaping on pressure won’t attract more school governors
Singing, dancing, touchy-feely school governors are in the firing line. A new website designed to attract and inspire more school governors was launched on May 15 by Michael Gove, the secretary of state…
Most heads could do with some super powers. Ben Northern
Giving super powers to school super-heads is not a panacea
Toby Greany, UCL
Ten years ago, if a school in England was deemed to be failing, there were three broad responses: send in a team of advisors to support the existing leadership, parachute in a “super-head” to turn the…
Sending in Ofsted to inspect private schools could level the education playing field
Schools inspectorate Ofsted has once again been in the limelight with the suggestion on May 10 that it could be tasked with the inspection of all independent schools. The idea of Ofsted inspecting private…
Park View School is at the centre of the allegations. Joe Giddens/PA
Ofsted’s future at stake after Trojan Horse scandal
The recent furore around the so-called Trojan Horse plot, which has seen 25 Birmingham schools being investigated over fears of a takeover by radical Muslims, raises wider issues for the already beleaguered…
Regents Park Community School and Nursery in Birmingham is part of the investigation. Joe Giddens/PA
Operation Trojan Horse: examining the ‘Islamic takeover’ of Birmingham schools
Chris Allen, University of Birmingham
It is believed that at least 25 schools in Birmingham are now being investigated in response to allegations of what the media and city council are routinely describing as “takeover” bids by “hardline Muslims…
Snipping away at state control. Steve Parsons/PA
Failing academy chains highlight hole at heart of education policy
John Coldron, Sheffield Hallam University
What should we make of the announcement that the academy chain E-ACT is being stripped of ten of its 34 schools because of under-performance? It is unwise to jump to conclusions when details are still…
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Melanie Ehren
Reader in Educational Improvement, Institute of Education, UCL
Chris Allen
Associate Professor in Hate Studies, University of Leicester
John Coldron
Professor of Education, Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
Senior lecturer, University of East London
Uvanney Maylor
Professor of Education, University of Bedfordshire
Olivier Roy
Head of the Mediterranean Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
Daniel Muijs
Director of Research and Deputy Head of Southampton Education School, University of Southampton
Kate Reynolds
Dean of Education, School of Education and Institute for Education, Bath Spa University
Ron Glatter
Emeritus Professor of Educational Administration and Management, The Open University
Peter Earley
Professor of Education Leadership and Management, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, UCL
Professor of Educational Leadership and Management, University of Bath
Nicola Ingram
Lecturer in Education and Social Justice, Lancaster University
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Andrew Bostom
Andrew Bostom: Confronts the Mendacious Bully in Charles Johnson…….
Andrew Bostom Counterjihad LGF
The highly acclaimed scholar and writer on Islamic anti-semitism, Dr. Andrew Bostom, has had it up to HERE with the nonsense of LGF blog editor, Charles Johnson.
The Tundra Tabloids good friend and colleague in the Counterjihad is openly taking to task the SELF-RIGHTEOUS IDIOCY of Charles Johnson in a post viewable here. Baron Bodissey from the Gates of Vienna posts on the same theme, stating that:
As most of you know, for the past year Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs has been attacking many people in the right-wing Counterjihad, including Fjordman, Diana West, Dymphna, and me, accusing us of being “fascist-enablers” and other appropriately odious labels for being willing to associate with Vlaams Belang and other groups he considers “neo-Nazis”.
Late last year I swore off posting about the conflict, and mostly I’ve kept my pledge. From time to time, however, both Fjordman and I have brought the topic up whenever it was necessary.Today is one such time, even if it’s just to write a coda to the whole sorry affair. Yesterday CJ attacked Andrew Bostom in the comments at LGF, and threatened to publish their email exchange.
I happened to attend an event last night at which both Andy Bostom and Robert Spencer were present (more about that later). Andy told us that this latest attack was a bridge too far, and that he was going to pre-empt Charles Johnson by publishing their email exchange himself.Today he has done just that.
Here’s how he begins his post:
Dr.Andrew Bostom:
“Anna Julia Cooper (d. 1964, at age 105), the pioneering black American scholar and educator: “Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.”
From the wise and courageous, i.e., Geert Wilders, to the (almost) ridiculous, were the stakes not so high:
Charles Johnson doth protest too much. For months I have endured in silence his distressingly stupid and vicious calumnies and threats—private, as well as public—against colleagues and friends—brave, decent souls who, unlike Johnson, are serious scholars, authors, and journalists, investigating the burgeoning threat of violent and non-violent jihadism/ Islamization in Europe.
When Johnson put my dear friend—the perspicacious writer and journalist Diana West—in his crosshairs, I was compelled to break my silence. Following Johnson’s e-mail threat to another close friend—the brilliant scholar and author Robert Spencer—after Raymond Ibrahim (editor/translator of The Al Qaeda Reader) simply blogged a favorable discussion (subsequently removed by Spencer, pace Johnson’s threat!) of Diana West’s September 18, 2008 Town Hall.com column at the Jihad Watch/Dhimmi Watch website—I noticed that National Review Online had a featured link (on 9/19/08) to the same West column.
As a rather gentle rebuke of Johnson’s bullying (not to mention months of his indiscriminate, irresponsible, and just plain idiotic spraying of charges of “Fascism”), I sent “CJ” an e-mail link to the NRO featured posting of West’s September 18, 2008 essay with the subject line heading, “Lookie!-NRO ‘Fascists’ have featured a link to Diana West’s ‘We are losing Europe to Islam.’” A week later, when Diana’s follow-up column was also a featured link at NRO (9/26/08), I again forwarded the NRO link with a similar subject heading. And the next day (9/27/08) when social critic Roger Kimball (of The New Criterion, and Pajamas Media) had a lengthy, favorable discussion of West’s 9/26/08 column, I sent another e-mail with the subject line title, “Oh No! ‘Fascist’ Roger Kimball on Cologne and ‘Fascist’ Diana West.”
Johnson responded to this latter e-mail accusing me (on the basis of the three rather innocuous e-mails above, sent during a week) of “stalking” him!
I wrote back in admittedly (albeit deservedly) caustic language highlighting the hypocrisy of Johnson’s attacks on those he perceived (see Anna Julia Cooper’s observation about a bully’s “pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey”) as vulnerable—independent writers and thinkers such as West and Spencer—while lacking the guts to similarly attack well-established conservative icons such as NRO, or Roger Kimball who had endorsed West’s writings (NRO twice, in successive weeks) on the Islamization of Europe.
Johnson then proceeded to blog the comments (below) at his website, which included a “threat” to publish my e-mails to him. Johnson’s warped characterization of my correspondence, and idle threats to “expose” those e-mails reveal his mendacity and prototypical bully cowardice. The e-mails are included below, preceded by Johnson’s public comments at his blog.
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Charles: 9/27/2008 8:46:07 am PDT I’m now getting hate mail from Andrew Bostom, who believes we should all be joining forces with European white nationalists, calling me all kinds of names and insults. It’s an eye-opener about Bostom.
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Charles: 9/27/2008 8:52:05 am PDT
I may publish Bostom’s emails, so people can see what he’s like behind the scenes when he isn’t writing lengthy anti-Islam articles.
From: Andrew Bostom
To: Charles Johnson
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 2:36 PM
Subject: Lookie!-NRO “Fascists” have featured a link to Diana West’s “We are losing Europe to Islam.”
Lookie!-NRO “Fascists” have featured a link to Diana West’s “We are losing Europe to Islam.”
//corner.nationalreview.com/#webbriefing
NRO Web Briefing 9/19/08
1) Obama is stoking racial antagonism. Rush Limbaugh, Wall Street Journal
2) We are losing Europe to Islam. Diana West, townhall.com
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 8:43 AM
Subject: Lookie, Again: NRO “Facists” Feature Diana West on Cologne
Make time to look to Cologne. Diana West, townhall.com
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 9:33 AM
Subject: Oh No! “Fascist” Roger Kimball on Cologne and “Fascist” Diana West
Roger Kimball (at Pajamas Media, citing Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan speaking in Cologne from Diana West’s essay of 9/26/08) “assimilation is a crime against humanity”
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Oh No! “Fascist” Roger Kimball on Cologne and “Fascist” Diana West
Pointing out your maroonish (see Buggs Bunny) hypocrisy is hardly akin to “stalking,” let alone comparable to the public calumnies–by both you, and your mindless following– of people far more serious, intelligent, and courageous than yourself, such as Diana West. And I could care less about changing what passes for a mind like yours. But at least in your self-righteous idiocy have the guts and consistency to call NRO and Roger Kimball “Fascists” as well.
AB> —– Original Message —–>
From: “Charles Johnson”>
To: “Andrew Bostom”>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:07 AM Subject: Re: Oh No! “Fascist” Roger Kimball on Cologne and “Fascist” Diana West
If you think your stalker-ish emails are going to change my mind, think again. The only thing you’re achieving is to make yourself look like a fool. CJ “
The Tundra Tabloids salutes Dr.Andrew Bostom and awards Charles Johnson and LGF this weeks Tundra Tabloids Giant Turd award.
For C.J.’s continued anti-intellectual behaviour and cowardice, and for his choosing to be suckered by the Islamofriendly Left in the face of the growing threat of Islamism.
Sit on the pile Chuck that you so righteuosly deserve. KGS
UPDATE: Pamela also has the finger on the pulse of what’s what. :
“Johnson over at LGF has effectively destroyed the transatlantic counter jihad movement and smearedthe few and the brave. He’s lost it. The latest in his crosshairs is Dr. Andrew Bostom scholar without equal. He is fighting the last war. The Nazis are not the problem. And the those of us on the receiving end of his venom gave him a sort of free pass and let the vitriole, personal attacks, ugly insults slide in a pathetic attempt to sort of handle the crazy aunt in the attic hoping he would eventually come to to his senses. But the pit bull bullies. All that energy, all that blog capital — we are not the enemy.
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SPOTLIGHT: Meet Jen and Sylvia Soska: February is Women In Horror Month
Are you a fan of horror movies? Do you like to know what goes bump in the night? Meet the twisted twins, Jen and Sylvia Soska (Pronounced Sauce-Ka). These Vancouver, BC natives are twin directing sisters who first exploded onto the scene back in 2009 with their impressive first film, Dead Hooker In a Trunk. Hooker was a wild ride filled with dark humor, badass characters, and of course, lots of blood. One particularly painful scene for Geek, played by none other than Jen Soska herself, inducted these ladies into what is now a thriving career of gore and galore. Spanning over the last ten years, you may have seen these two dark beauties directing in thought-provoking and kick ass movies, (see: Vendetta, See No Evil 2) or even caught a glimpse of them on TV’s Hellavator, the horror-based game show. The twins were delectably devilish hosts giggling and poking fun as they tortured and criticized contestants who screamed their way through many obstacle courses.
Courtesy of IMDB
In 2012, they also won an award for Best Director(s) at Toronto’s After Dark Film Festival, and went on to win four more awards, and many nominations, in best directing for their work creating American Mary. This was a phenomenal tale about female empowerment, body modification culture, and of course, you guessed it, lots of blood. Katherine Isabelle, (Ginger Snaps, TV’s Hannibal) does one hell of a blood strip dance starring as Mary, a medical student trying to make her way through school who ends up heading down a dark out of control path of violence, when she joins forces with a strip club owner to make ends meet after she is abused by her professor. Along the way, she also encounters many quirky characters, including the obscurely talented, Tristan Risk, (The ABC’s of Death 2, Call Girl) as Beatrice, a lonely Betty Boop-inspired and modified woman who just wants a friend, and the talented Paula Lindberg as Ruby Realgirl, the human Barbie. This beautifully directed noir film will draw you in and keep you captivated until the end. The twins even make a guest appearance as the Demon Twins of Berlin who inquire about having Mary do a procedure on them.
The Soska’s are also avid supporters of yearly WIHM’s (Women in Horror Recognition Month) Blood Drive where they have created and directed many successful PSA’s for volunteers over the last ten years. The PSA’s are available on YouTube and also on the twins official website, where you can see the twins as classy fashionistas drenched in blood as hunky shirtless men scrub them down (see 2015’s PSA “Give It Up”), or as underground fighters getting every last drop to donate out in 2014’s PSA “Fight Like A Girl”. One of my all-time favorites is from 2012’s WiH Massive Blood Drive PSA where the twins choose some unsuspecting men as their victims for teaching us all the statistics and the importance of donating.
2015’s Twisted Twins Blood Drive PSA “Give It Up”
Not only are these talented ladies award-winning director’s, but they are also amazing humanitarians that care a lot about people in general and aren’t afraid to make it known. Constantly tweeting fans back, posting inspirational and personal quotes, and advocating for suicide awareness, amidst their busy lives, these women are in constant pause to stop and thank the world and those around them. They remind us all not to take life for granted, to get out there, follow our stupid fucking dreams, make the most of it, and get back up even stronger when we fall.
Courtesy of pintaram.com
Keep an eye out for these dark temptresses of horror because they are just getting started. Currently writing for Marvel’s Black Widow series, and about to drop their bloody remake of horror classic Rabid, by David Cronenberg, in the coming months, the twins are keeping busy and gaining speed. Rabid is already receiving quite a bit of buzz in the horror community starting with a first look interview by CBC Canadian news, and cover shots on Fangoria and Rue Morgue magazines. The remake will also star incredibly talented and avid animal lover, Laura Vandervoort, from the TV’s 2009 remake of “V” the series, 2017’s Jigsaw, and TV’s Supergirl.
CBC Canadian First Look at “Rabid”
By: B Swearinger
A Seattle born native who currently still resides in the Pacific Northwest with his family and two cats. An avid lover of horror movies, concerts, art, theater, and an overall good time. He is a collector of sorts and an Aquarius by trade. Writing has always been a passion since Junior High when he was inspired by his teacher, Mrs. Padden to put his thoughts down on paper and always push forward. He always loves to experience the weird and wonderful.
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